Anthony Le Tallec was present in the vicinity during the knife attack that took place in Annecy on Thursday morning. The former footballer who played for Le Havre AC, FC Liverpool and FC Annecy, among others, attended the scene.

He told it on his social networks: "I was running by the lake and all of a sudden I see dozens of people running in the opposite direction of me. I tell them but'shoot him, kill him, he's stabbing everyone'