One of the children injured in a knife attack in a playground in France is a British national.
Foreign secretary James Cleverly confirmed the nationality after several children, all aged around three, were attacked in the town of Annecy in the French Alps.
President Emmanuel Macron called the attack an act of “absolute cowardice” and said the “nation is in shock”.
Police at the scene of the attack in the French alps
(AP)
A man armed with a knife is believed to have entered a children’s playground in a park near the town’s renowned lake.
French interior minister Gerald Darmanin said that the suspected attacker had been arrested, and a press conference with police is due to take place shortly.
A French television channel reported six children had been injured. One was in a pushchair.
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