Suspect stabbed several people, including young children, in Annecy, before being arrested.
Several people, including young children, have been wounded in a knife attack at a park in the French Alps, police said on Thursday.
Some of the victims are in a life-threatening condition.
The exact toll was unclear.
Reuters news agency, citing an unnamed police source, reported that at least two children and one adult were fighting for their lives after the stabbing assault in the town of Annecy.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter that the suspect, whose identity has not been confirmed, has been arrested.
“Several people including children were injured by an individual armed with a knife in a [park] in Annecy. The individual was arrested thanks to the very rapid intervention of the police,” Darmanin said.
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced the stabbing as an act “of absolute cowardice”.
“The nation is shocked. Our thoughts are with them as well as their families and the emergency services,” he wrote on Twitter.
Annecy is a quiet Alpine town of 135,000 people that lies south of the Swiss city of Geneva.
Attaque d’une lâcheté absolue ce matin dans un parc à Annecy. Des enfants et un adulte sont entre la vie et la mort. La Nation est sous le choc. Nos pensées les accompagnent ainsi que leurs familles et les secours mobilisés.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 8, 2023