British toddler who was stabbed in French knife attack coming home 'within days'

10 June 2023 , 19:21

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Abdalmasih H stabbed four children at a playground park in Annecy, France

The British toddler stabbed in a French park is expected home “within days” – a week after she suffered life-threatening injuries.

The three-year-old, named in reports as Ettie Turner, was one of four tots knifed in the town of Annecy on Thursday, at a lakeside spot known as the “pirate playground”.

Local prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said today that Ettie, who was on holiday with her family, is set to be discharged in days from a hospital in Grenoble.

The announcement came after French president Emmanuel Macron visited Ettie on Friday and said she was awake and watching TV.

Two French cousins and a Dutch girl, aged from 22 months to two years, are still recovering in hospital.

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Local prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis (PA)

Two men aged 70 and 78 were also hurt in the attack, partly caught on film. Asylum seeker Abdelmasih Hanoun, 31, is alleged to have used a small switchblade to stab the children, some in their prams.

He was in court today to face preliminary charges of attempted murder.

Flowers and tributes to the victims in Annecy (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Witnesses said the Christian Syrian refugee had uttered the names of his estranged wife and daughter during the attack.

As families returned to the park today, mum Jessica Hoarau clutched her nine-month-old son and said: “We felt we had to come to show our children that life goes on. This was just one man, a one-off incident.”

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