VIDEO. Knife attack in Annecy: the political class in shock

"A crime against humanity": after the knife attack on young children and adults in a park in Annecy, several political figures have expressed their horror. President Emmanuel Macron reacted on Twitter: "The Nation is in shock. Our thoughts are with them, their families and the relief efforts mobilized," he said. This tragedy caused strong emotion in the National Assembly where a minute of silence was observed at the request of President Yaël Braun-Pivet after this "extremely serious attack".

"The investigation will determine the conditions, but it seems that the perpetrator has the same profile that is often found in these attacks," said Eric Ciotti (LR). "We will have to draw all the consequences without naivety, with strength and lucidity." "How is this possible? Attacking little ones! Hit them with a knife! Our heart is in tatters having to live it, "commented Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

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"Fright and horror," also commented the leader of the deputies of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen. Antoine Armand, Renaissance deputy of Haute-Savoie, department where the tragedy took place, denounced "an attack on our soul quite simply, where young children who played outside school time were attacked by an individual".