Two children and one adult in critical condition, AFP reports

Summary

1. Children are in a critical condition following a knife attack in the alpine town of Annecy, south-eastern France, according to reports
2. The attack was carried out by an individual in a square, the French interior ministry says
3. French media report that the injured children are around the age of three, and three of them are in a critical condition
4. There are also French reports that the suspect – who has been arrested – is a Syrian asylum seeker
5. French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne is on her way to Annecy
6. The city’s mayor has denounced the “appalling attack” and said a press conference will he held later

Details are still emerging about the number of people injured and how badly they’re hurt.

News agency AFP is now reporting that, in total, five people are injured including four children.

Two children and an adult are in critical condition, AFP reports, citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the situation.

These numbers haven’t yet been verified and they contradict an earlier report from Reuters that the three people in critical condition were all children.

We’ll bring you more as we get it.

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