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French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday visited the hospital where preschool children who were wounded in a knife attack in the Alpine town of Annecy were being treated. Four children and two adults were injured in the attack by a Syrian refugee. The president said that their conditions were improving.

Witnesses last night described the horrific moment the knifeman went on the rampage in a busy French playground, ­indiscriminately stabbing defenceless children

French police confirmed that four children under the age of five were stabbed, with two children and one adult suffering life-threatening injuries

Two other adults were also injured during the attack

Some victims have critical injuries

French President Emmanuel Macron labelled the attack 'absolute cowardice' following the arrest of the 32-year-old attacker

French President Emmanuel Macron described the attack as “absolute cowardice”

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Four young children and an adult have been injured in a knife attack in a park in Annecy, a town in the French Alps.