it happened at a park on lake annecy in annecy, a little south of geneva, in annecy, a little south ofa, in eastern france. it happened this morning. one can imagine the scene, a sunny day out there. the children from a local school would have been taken out, presumably to play in the park. at around 9:45am, this man in his mid—40s wielding a knife started attacking them. and the detail of the attack, i don't really know other than the result of it was these injured children and may be a couple of adults as well. the man tried to escape but was stopped. i believe there was a shot fired by the police at his legs. he was overpowered and is in custody. the latest we understand is that he is a syrian man in his mid—40s and an asylum seeker. that is pretty much it at the moment. as you can imagine, the country is reeling with this news. there have been terrible attacks in the past, but for an attacks in the past, but for an attack to happen on children of such attack to happen on children of such a young age is of course something unprecedented and truly takes it to a new dimension. that un

lake when they were attacked. it happened in the town of annecy, in the french alps. interior minister says the suspect has been arrested. the french parliament held a minute's silence when news of the stabbings emerged, while the country's prime minister, elizabeth borne, is on her way to the scene. this is the scene in the french parliament a little earlier when news of that attack emerged. in the last few minutes, france's president has tweeted. emmanuel macron says: "attack of absolute cowardice this morning in a park in annecy. children and an adult are between life and death. the nation is in shock. our thoughts are with them as well as their families and the emergency services mobilized." our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, has the latest. we hear the detail, more about what happened. that it was by this park and the little playground in the park by the lake in annecy. out of the blue, this man who was dressed in green with a bandanna on his head, jumped over the fence surrounding this play area and started attacking the children, some of whom are in their

but as the scene here by the lake in annecy returns to normal this evening, there are two things preoccupyingose victims, children and adult. the other is the mystery as to why anyone would target nursery schoolchildren in a playground in france. lucy williamson, thank you. ukraine's president zelensky has criticised the lack of help from international aid agencies to deal with the flooding in the southern kherson region after the destruction of a dam on tuesday. it's thought an area the size of merseyside is underwater. mr zelensky visited the area today to see the scale of the flooding. ukraine and russia have accused each other of shelling the area while rescuers tried to save people who are still trapped, our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse sent this report. a visit with deliberate timing. president zelensky assessing another ukrainian trauma, and all folding disaster in the middle of a war —— an unfolding disaster. he pays medical staff and promised them kherson would be rebuilt. but the russians can do deliberate too. a couple of hours later, the same area was shelled, with a nea

that an aggression was - at 9:45am that an aggression was taking place in a public park on the annecy lakeund, and five victims were injured, for children and an adult, all scrapped. thanks to a number of different security services, and immediate response was made. five policemen were acted, five metres from the playground. and a policeman fired in order to stop the action. the sixth victim, the one was stabbed, was also injured by the bullet of the police. so, at this stage, there is only one scene of crime, and one attacker. the prosecution service of annecy, they immediately opened the case, and the central direction of thejudicial case, and the central direction of the judicial police have also been involved. the assailant, at 9:47am was put into custody. the prosecution service of annecy opened a traditional case for attempted murder. the prosecution service put the assailant in provisional custody, and this afternoon he was going to be taken to court, and he will be presented, he will appear before thejudge. i'm going to use the word victim for the people who were stabbed for ease o

we start tonight in the french lake—side town of annecy — an idylic location which earlier was the sceneaos as a man armed with a knife stabbed four pre—school children in a playground. a 22—month—old child is among the victims. two adults were also injured. a man was arrested near the scene, with the moment of his arrest was captured on camera.. the police say the attacker was a 31—year—old syrian man with refugee status in sweden. he has a child who is apparently the same age as the little chldren he attacked. the children were on an outing to a park, some in pushchairs. two of those hurt were british and dutch. the attacker also stabbed an elderly man walking nearby, before he was overpowered by police. the french president, emmanuel macron, said the nation was in shock. the french prime minister, elisabeth borne, says the country has been shaken by the attack and has given more detail about the suspect. translation: we are talking | about a syrian national who has refugee status in sweden. and who applied for asylum in france, but this was overridden by the swedish one which dates fr

annecy. you can see the lake to the left hand side there. this is where the stabbing attack happened at about quarter to ten local time in the morning. children as young as the age of three in their pushchairs who were approached and attacked by a man wielding a knife. we can now also show you some other pictures. this is the moment that it appears that the attacker was arrested. this was filmed by a passer—by. you can see people there with their bicycles, the police authorities, the vehicle. it was a busy morning by the looks of it by the lake there. this is the moment after the arrest at that stabbing attack. eleanor vincent is in the town and witnessed the scene moments after the attack. . ~ witnessed the scene moments after the attack. ., ~ , ., ., ., , , the attack. thank you for “ourneys on bbc the attack. thank you for “ourneys on sac news. * the attack. thank you for “ourneys on bbc news. what _ the attack. thank you for “ourneys on bbc news. what did _ the attack. thank you forjourneys on bbc news. what did you - the attack. thank y

annecy. the playground is very close to the lake and that we have had news in the last few minutes from the mayorken in the hospital to be operated on who were thought to be in serious condition have now left the operating room and are in a stable condition. but also the playground has actually incredibly reopen. we had some pictures from the reuters news agency a little earlier showing the playground has reopened and parents have already taken their children there to play. as always more on that story on our website. an enduring myth has occupied a unique place in scottish folklore and is now 90 years since the first recorded sighting of the so—called loch ness monster. while the existence has not been verified, nessie has also become a symbol of the highlands as lorna gordon explains. the tranquil water of loch ness, home to a mythical monster said to be hiding in its depths. when things are flat calm on loch ness, you know, we can see for miles around. those who go out on boats here always on the lookout for anything unusual. the echo sounder on our right—hand side here, we're really looking f

formerjournalist — eleanor vincent — is in annecy and witnessed the moments after the attack. i was approaching that end of the laket to land. i knew immediately there was some very dire emergency situation happening. so i stopped where i was at the corner of the park near the lake and started photographing. and i observed a channel 26 french tv person with her cameraman. it was somewhat chaotic. the police were trying to keep bicyclists and people from approaching the scene, which was fairly far away from where i was standing. you could see it, but it was closer to the lake where the stabbing occurred in one of the public park areas. we can return to hugh schofield. we saw earlier the prime minister, elisabeth borne, meeting with the emergency services and there is credit to them for how quickly they responded to this attack. they shot the assailant and later arrested him. they were on the scene pretty quickly. him. they were on the scene pretty cuickl . ~ . ,, him. they were on the scene pretty cuickl. . , ., quickly. what everyone says is that there was four _ quickly. what everyone says is that there was four m

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annecy. three neighbor one-year-old syrian refugees attacked the group pupils of the kindergarten, who had a rest, accompanied by an adult in a park near the lake, among the victims there are children who were in wheelchairs, two aged 2-3 years, as well as one adult are dying for their lives. doctors here, for which earlier the man was denied asylum before police arrived on the scene and opened fire and wounded the perpetrator. he managed to hit an elderly man with a knife, the attackers were detained. wang xi has already held a rally of right-wing forces accusing the authorities of insufficient control over the safety of citizens, which, however, is not surprising, because the huge force of the police gendarmes is spent on suppressing rallies against pension reform. more than 30 organizations will take part in the exhibition today . the day of electric transport will be held for the fourth time and will bring together an industrial enterprise of a scientific organization and large car dealerships. among the new products are an apron-electrobuoy, lubrication, the first electric bus-volod of the minsk wheel tractor plant. a new model of the mkad

formerjournalist eleanor vincent is in annecy and witnessed the moments after the attack. i was approaching that end of the lakemultiple police sirens and a helicopter about to land. i knew immediately there was some very dire emergency situation happening. so i stopped where i was, at the corner of the park near the lake, and started photographing. i observed a channel 26 french tv person with her cameraman. it was somewhat chaotic. the police were trying to keep bicyclists and people from approaching the scene, which was fairly far away from where i was standing. you could see it, but it was closer to the lake where the stabbing occurred in one of the public park areas. we have had some reaction from some more uk politicians. the home secretary suella braverman said that she is appalled by the playground attack in the lakeside park in the french alps and she said she is appalled by the attack in annecy and her thoughts are with the children, theirfamilies and the her thoughts are with the children, their families and the local community who have been affected by this shocking act. i am in touch with my friend

annecy are very shocked right now. it was a public park. it's a very big park where we can have a walkjust near the lake and we have two fun parks for the kidsn each side of the river. and there are very, a lot of children go there with their parents, with their with the kindergartens around and with the grandparents. it's really nice place for the kids. we go there as people from annecy with my children, we go there often, so it's always crowded. the kids really like that place. and so it's a place where you can find a lot of people. so the attacker, i think, knew where he was going. it was kids with their parents, grandparents, the people that were kindergarten. it was just like a normal morning. it was no school, a school event or something, were just people there. and we know that two of them were not french. so we don't know if there were living in annecy or if they were here on vacation. we don't have any more information about that, neither because i think the parents and the families want they want to stay a little bit next to it. and they don't want to give more information for now. thanks to the deputy mayor talking us to us on a d

annecy and witness the aftermath.— the aftermath. i was approaching that end of _ the aftermath. i was approaching that end of the _ the aftermath. i was approaching that end of the laketermath. i was approaching that end of the lake. i _ the aftermath. i was approaching that end of the lake. i saw - the aftermath. i was approaching that end of the lake. i saw and i that end of the lake. i saw and heard multiple police sirens and a helicopter about to land. i knew immediately that there was some very dire emergency situation happening. i stopped where i was at the corner of the park, near the lake, and started photographing. i observed channel 26 french tv person with their cameramen. the police were trying to keep bicyclists and people from approaching the scene. the scene was fairly far away from where i was standing. you could see it, but it was closer to the lake where the stabbing occurred in one of the public park areas. we the stabbing occurred in one of the public park areas.— public park areas. we are showing our viewers _ public park areas. we are showing our viewers those _ public park areas. we are showing our viewers those images - public park areas. we a