Nine injured in knife attack in French Alps town

"Several people including children have been injured by an individual armed with a knife in a square in Annecy," he tweeted.

BFMTV reported that Thursday's attack happened in a park and the assailant had been a Syrian asylum seeker.

A local politician, Antoine Armand, labelled the attack "abominable" in a tweet.

In Paris, MPs interrupted a debate to hold a moment of silence for the victims, BFMTV said.

with Reuters