attack in this what has happened. really a shocking attack in this alpine what has happened. really a shocking attack in this alpine french what has happened. really a shocking attack in this alpine french town - what has happened. really a shocking attack in this alpine french town of i attack in this alpine french town of about 150,000 people. a relatively small town there, tranquil, that tranquillity disrupted this morning at about 9:45am, local time, when a man, a knife wielding man, ran up to a group of very young children that apparently were out with their kindergarten group, and began stabbing those children, some as young as three. we now know that about seven people were injured and three of those are in critical condition. two of them children. the other person is thought to be an elderly man who was walking nearby, that the attacker then ran towards and stabbed. this happened while police were approaching. it is worth noting the very quick emergency response to this a
the background. we don t know if these pictures are live, we are looking at them at the same time as you. we are working through this developing situation together. you can see that the police response to this stabbing attack that happened at about 9:45am. evidently being filmed from just behind that police cordoned, you can see the red and white tape. you can see another cordoned a little bit further into the park. i am being told these pictures are live from the scene in annecy. this is the alpine town, about 500 kilometres south east of the capital, paris, where we know that around half a dozen young children were in their pushchairs with a kindergarten group, when they were approached by a man, which we are being told by local police sources, was a syrian national who was claiming asylum. he approached them and then started stabbing and them and then started stabbing and the details are distressing, but started stabbing these young children in their pushchairs when they were with t
reign of terror on those children, playing with kindergarten group. some as young as three years old. we still, as we are reporting, are unclear as to the motive to this shocking attack. unclear as to the motive to this shocking attack. good to have that u date. shocking attack. good to have that update for shocking attack. good to have that update. for now, shocking attack. good to have that update. for now, thank shocking attack. good to have that update. for now, thank you. - shocking attack. good to have that update. for now, thank you. i- shocking attack. good to have that| update. for now, thank you. i know your going to stay across this story and bring us any further developments if we them. this is the scene live in annecy after the attack that president macron has attacked as an act of cowardice. he says the nation is in shock. children as young as three are in a critical condition after this knife attack in the french alps. that is in annecy. the suspect is in custody.