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UAE strongly condemns stabbing attack targeting children in French Alps

  • 08 Jun 2023
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Police personnel maintain a secure cordon in Annecy, following a mass stabbing in the French Alpine town on Thursday. AFP

The UAE strongly condemned the stabbing attack that targeted individuals, among them children, in a park in Annecy in the French Alps region and resulted in numerous critical injuries.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) affirmed that the UAE expresses its strong condemnation of these criminal acts ‏and its permanent rejection of all forms of violence aimed at undermining security and stability in contravention of human values and principles.

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The Ministry expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the government and people of the French Republic and to the families of the victims of this heinous crime, as well as its wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured.

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