Annecy residents and tourists gathered on the outskirts of the park where the tragedy took place. Drawings, candles and stuffed animals were deposited by onlookers, all moved.

"I'm still scared, I'm still shocked," said Lou, 10, a schoolgirl in Annecy (Haute-Savoie) "I had to come," says Gaëtan, a 32-year-old resident of Annecy. "It could have happened to us too," says Cindy, also a mom.