Flowers, stuffed animals … The inhabitants continue to gather at the scene of the tragedy
Flowers, little words, stuffed animals, heart-shaped balloons… Many gifts were left in the park of Annecy where a knife attack left 6 injured on Thursday.
Local residents and tourists continue to come this Saturday morning to the scene of the tragedy to pray and pay tribute to the victims.
“It sends shivers, it touches”, confides a local resident to BFMTV. “I came with the children to explain to them, it is important that they know”, assures a father for his part.
A rally scheduled for Sunday morning in Annecy
A rally is planned at the initiative of the town hall on Sunday from 11 a.m. in Annecy in tribute to the six people who were stabbed on Thursday.
“We have launched an appeal to all of France”, explains to BFMTV Alexandre Mulatier-Gachet, first deputy mayor of Annecy, saying he hopes that a “maximum of people” will be present.
“There will be a word from the mayor who will recall this solidarity, this fraternity with all the elected officials of the city of Annecy, he says. Activities are planned, including the creation of a fresco. A singer must also perform a piece.
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The suspect is on his way to court
The suspect in the knife attack is on his way to the Annecy court this Saturday mid-morning, while his police custody ends in the next few hours. He will be presented to an examining magistrate.
Syrian refugee, father… What is the assailant’s background?
The 31-year-old suspect in the Annecy knife attack is a Christian from Syria, according to his asylum application file. Mobilized in Bashar Al-Assad’s army, he deserted and left his country for Sweden.
Married to a Swedish woman and became the father of a child now 3 years old. He had been living in France for several months before the attack on Thursday.
How do you talk to the kids about it? advice from psychologists
Since this Thursday, a story of extreme violence has been circulating on our screens and in the playgrounds: that of the attack that seriously injured four children toddler and two other people in a park near Lake Annecy.
So how do you inform and reassure the youngest about these events? The experts interviewed by BFMTV insist on the importance of not backing down from their questions.
A practitioner advises above all else to listen to your child, in order to “establish what is called a” containing envelope “for the child, that is to say “a place of psychic reception of his affects and of his word”.
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Why social networks are struggling so much to delete the videos of the attack
More than 24 hours after the knife attack that took place in Annecy on June 8, videos continue to circulate on Twitter.
The Minister Delegate for the Digital Transition and Telecommunications, Jean-Noël Barrot, declared on Twitter on Thursday that “the government is in contact with the Twitter France teams to ensure the removal of any shocking image”.
In fact, governments don’t really have much leeway when it comes to platforms.
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What we know about the state of health of the six injured in the attack in Annecy
The condition of the four children injured in the knife attack in Annecy began to improve on Friday.
The news “is positive”, welcomed the head of state who went there on Friday with his wife.
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A press conference by the Annecy prosecutor expected at 12 p.m.
The Annecy prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis must hold a press conference in the middle of the day devoted to the legal consequences of the suspect of the knife attack.
The state of health of the latter was deemed Friday “compatible with police custody” after a psychiatric expertise.
The press conference can be followed live on BFMTV and BFMTV.com
Emmanuel Macron, at the bedside of the victims, denounces “the most barbaric act there is”
The President of the Republic went Friday, the day after the attack, to the bedside of the victims in Annecy.
“Attacking children is the most barbaric act there is,” denounced Emmanuel Macron surrounded by elected officials, police and caregivers.
“By doing each and everyone your duty, you have done much more”, also underlined the Head of State, welcoming “this face of a France which saves, which intervenes, which challenges, which heals and accompanies”.
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The custody of the alleged assailant ends this Saturday
The police custody of the Syrian refugee who stabbed six people including four very young children in a park in Annecy ends this Saturday, 48 hours after his arrest.
Since his arrest, the 31-year-old assailant has given no explanation and has “obstructed police custody”, in particular by “rolling on the ground”.
He is also “totally mute”, sources close to the investigation told AFP.
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