Annecy knife attack suspect placed in detention – prosecutor
9:25 am Saturday, June 10th, 2023
PARIS (Reuters) – The suspect in a knife attack in which four toddlers and two pensioners that wounded in the southeastern French town of Annecy on Thursday has been placed in detention, the local prosecutor said on Saturday.
The suspect is under formal investigation for attempted murder and resisting arrest with a weapon, the prosecutor said.
The injured are no longer in a life-threatening condition, Annecy Prosecutor Lise Bonnet-Mathis told a news conference.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, Cecile Mantovani; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
