A Syrian refugee screamed 'in the name of Jesus Christ' as he repeatedly stabbed a toddler in his pram in front of his screaming mother in a frenzied attack at a French playground that saw four children knifed.
The attacker, identified as Abdalmash, 31, clinched onto a necklace with a crucifix on it before he launched his 'abominable' rampage in a lakeside park in the town of Annecy, a tourist hotspot in southeastern France, at around 9.45am.
Carnage in the playground: Syrian refugee stabs a child in its pram in front of screaming mother as four kids aged around three - 'including a Brit' - are knifed in French tourist hotspot before police overpower him
Witnesses said they saw a man attacking a group of children at a park in Annecy
The suspect, identified as Abdalmash H, was subdued at the scene and arrested.
Further dramatic footage shows the attacker, a Syrian refugee who has declared himself a Christian, later being chased across the park by locals and cops before he was shot by a police officer and pinned to the ground.
Horrified witnesses say mothers ran past them screaming 'run, run' in the aftermath of the frenzied attack, which President Emmanuel Macron has condemned as 'absolute cowardice'.
Four children aged between 22 months and three - including a British girl - and an adult were seriously injured in the attack. Two of the young victims and the adult are now in a life-threatening condition at a nearby hospital.
Witnesses said the knifeman had begun attacking the preschool children while they were playing at a small playground in a scene of utter 'carnage'. They said he had launched his onslaught on the toddlers because they were 'easy targets'.
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