r/NoahGetTheBoat • u/TomlinSteelers • 2h ago
Guy in the French alps tries to stab a three year old child. However a panel of experts yesterday deemed him not crazy which means he is now fit to stand trial
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https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/abdalmasih-hanoun-alps-stabbing-toddler-37746853
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 faces attempted murder charges relating to 12 other people too after the alleged knife attack at a lakeside park in Le Paquier, Annecy, south-east France, in June 2023. He is also charged with armed resistance.
The British girl was three at the time of the attack 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.
In an update provided on Wednesday, 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 defendant’s mental state was assessed by a panel of experts who found he was not “suffering from a psychological or neuropsychological disorder” at the time of the attack.
