STORY: President Emmanuel Macron met with police and first responders in Annecy on Friday, commending them for their response in Thursday's knife attack in the Alpine town.Four toddlers and two pensioners were wounded after being attacked at a playground.

Two adults and four children were injured in the assault, which shocked the country and could have been worse if not for the intervention of a 24-year-old man known only as Henri.

Two toddlers gravely wounded by a knifeman in the French mountain town of Annecy were in a stable condition on Friday and doctors are optimistic for their recovery, President Emmanuel Macron said.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he has heard "positive" news about the condition of child victims of Thursday's knife attack in Annecy. Mr Macron was visiting the town where four children were attacked.

The knife attack on toddlers in a French Alpine town, suspected to have been carried out by a Syrian refugee, has thrown a spotlight on President Emmanuel Macron's struggles to find support for a new immigration bill in a fragmented parliament.

Emmanuel Macron has travelled to Annecy in the French Alps to visit the families and victims who were stabbed. A 31-year-old Syrian man was arrested after four children, one of whom is a British national,

Here is what we know so far about a knife attack that wounded four toddlers and two pensioners in the southeastern French town of Annecy on Thursday. Two of the children are fighting for their lives,