Annecy International Animation Film Festival will open as planned Sunday, three days after the knife attack. The first scheduled outdoor screenings, however, are postponed to Monday in "a sign of support for the families and victims" The perpetrator of the attack, Abdalmasih H., a Syrian refugee wandering in France after several years of stability in Sweden, has given no explanation for his attack.
At this stage, his motivations seem "without apparent terrorist motive," according to the Annecy prosecutor's office.