France knife attack has 'shocked' nation, prime minister says - BBC News

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French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne and the Annecy prosecutor have held a press conference following the knife attack in the town.

Six people were injured - four children and two adults - with victims as young as 22 months and three years old.

Some of the children injured are in a "severe state" in intensive care, Borne said.

She also told reporters that the suspect, who has been arrested, is a Syrian national who had refugee status in Sweden - he also had no criminal or psychiatric record.

The people of France are shocked but the prime minister said everyone was "standing firm".

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