Man to face trial for attempted murder of British girl in Alps knife attack

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A man who allegedly stabbed a British toddler at a playground in the French Alps will go on trial charged with attempted murder, prosecutors have said.Abdalmasih Hanoun is also charged with the attempted murder of 12 other people after the knife attack at a lakeside park in Le Paquier, Annecy, south-east France, in June 2023.Mr Hanoun is also charged with armed resistance after the attack on the British girl, who was three at the time and was named locally as Ettie.She had been visiting the area with her parents, officials said, and was one of four children, aged between 22 months and three years, who were wounded, with two elderly adults also injured.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say At the time, French prosecutors said the girl suffered a single stab wound, but her condition was never "vital".In an update provided this week, the French public prosecutor's office said Hanoun would face trial at Haute-Savoie Assize Court in Annecy within the next year.The announcement came after the...

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