France stabbing: Michelle Dewberry outlines why she was ‘hit hard’ by horrific knife attack - ‘Makes me sick’
A stabbing in France left Michelle Dewberry 'hit hard'
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A British child was among four very young children who were left critically injured after being stabbed in a lakeside park in the French Alps.
The suspect, identified by police as a 31-year-old Syrian, attacked people with a knife in the town of Annecy on Thursday.
The individual stabbed a child in a pushchair repeatedly as bystanders screamed for help.
A local prosecutor said the children, aged between 22 months and three years, are in a “very severe state” as they undergo intensive care.
GB News presenter Michelle Dewberry gave a candid overview of her reaction to the horrific stabbing, explaining why she was left “hit hard”.
Speaking on Dewbs & Co, she said: “I had the grave misfortune of watching this video.
“To the day I die, I will never forget this image of this man going into a playground deliberately, where a lady, cornered with a pram is there.
“Do not watch this video. I had to watch it. I was struck by how many people didn’t help, they stood their watching.
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“As a parent, it has hit me really hard, it makes me feel sick.”
One eye witness, former Liverpool FC striker Anthony Le Tallec, described how he told police to shoot the attacker as he ran towards him at the park.
Translated to English, Mr Le Tallec, who coaches football in Annecy, said in a series of Instagram stories: “I could see police officers, five or 10 metres behind him, who couldn’t catch him. He came towards me, so I moved aside and I saw him heading towards elderly people.
“And he attacked the elderly man, stabbed him once and the police were behind him and couldn’t catch him.
Children were attacked in a playground
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“I told the police shoot him, kill him, he’s stabbing everyone.
“So he attacked once, twice, and they started shooting.”
France is in shock but is “standing firm” after the horrific attack, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said.
The attacker was a Syrian national who was granted refugee status in Sweden 10 years ago, she said.
She said the man has a child who is the same age as the children he attacked.
French President Emmanuel Macron described the attack as one of “absolute cowardice”.
Of the victims, he said “children and an adult are between life and death”.
“The nation is in shock,” he tweeted.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted: “My thoughts are with all of those affected by the shocking attack in Annecy this morning.
Calling it a “truly cowardly act”, he said: “The UK and France have always stood together against acts of violence, and we do so again today.”