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Annecy knife attack suspect detained, prosecutor says

Annecy knife attack suspect detained, prosecutor says

DOMINIQUE VIDALON and CECILE MANTOVANI THE suspect in a knife attack in which four toddlers and two pensioners were wounded in the southeastern French town of Annecy on Thursday has been placed in detention, the local prosecutor said. The suspect, a Syrian refugee born in 1991, is under formal investigation for attempted murder and resisting arrest with a weapon, the prosecutor said. The injured are no longer in critical condition, Annecy Prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis told a news conference, adding that the four children were still in the hospital. The stabbing was the first violent attack targeting children since 2012 when…
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France stabbing: Four children wounded in Annecy knife attack

France stabbing: Four children wounded in Annecy knife attack

FOUR toddlers and two pensioners were stabbed in a knife attack in the tranquil French mountain town of Annecy and the government said the suspected assailant was a Syrian refugee. A video of the attack, taken by a bystander and verified by Reuters, showed the assailant jump a low wall into a children's playground and repeatedly lunge at a child in a stroller, pushing aside a woman who tries to fend him off. Two of the wounded children and one adult were in hospital in a life-threatening condition, while the other victims were less seriously hurt. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne…
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Syrian refugee who lost leg targets Paralympics

Syrian refugee who lost leg targets Paralympics

KAROLINA TAGARIS AS a teenager in Syria, Ibrahim al-Hussein dreamt of becoming an Olympic swimmer before he lost a leg in the war. Now a refugee in Greece, he is training for a place at the Tokyo Paralympics. The son of a swimming coach, Hussein, 33, began swimming aged five in the Euphrates river, which passes by his hometown of Deir al-Zor in eastern Syria. He used a bridge as a diving board until it was destroyed in his country's civil war. In 2012, Hussein ran outside to help a friend hurt in a bomb blast, only to be injured…
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