Man to face trial for attempted murder of British child in Alps park attack

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BBC News · collected 2026-10-07 · by Ella Kipling

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Abdalmasih Hanoun will face trial for attempting to murder a British toddler and 12 others during an attack at a playground in Le Paquier, French Alps, on June 8, 2023. The three-year-old child suffered a single stab wound while visiting the area with her parents; she was one of four children injured, aged between 22 months and three years. Hanoun is charged with attempted murder, violence with a weapon without total work incapacity for two victims, and armed resistance. French prosecutors ruled that Hanoun was mentally competent at the time of the attack based on an expert panel's assessment.
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Story summary

Abdalmasih Hanoun, accused of stabbing a British toddler and attempting to murder 12 others during an attack in Le Paquier, southeast France, will face trial for attempted murder. The incident occurred in June 2023 at a playground when the child was visiting with her parents. The British victim suffered a single stab wound among four injured children aged between 22 months and three years. Hanoun is also charged with violence with a weapon without causing total work incapacity affecting two victims and armed resistance. He will be tried at the Haute-Savoie Assize Court in Annecy within the next year, according to French prosecutors. Experts determined that Hanoun was not suffering from any psychological disorder during the attack.

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Topics

British France French Haute-Savoie Assize Court Le Paquier

Subjects

French NORP · 3× Abdalmasih Hanoun PERSON · 2× British NORP · 2× Annecy GPE · 1× Dutch NORP · 1× France GPE · 1× Hanoun PERSON · 1× Haute-Savoie Assize Court ORG · 1× Le Paquier GPE · 1×

Narrative

The prosecutor's statement read: "The defendant will have to answer charges of attempted murder in respect of 13 victims, violence with a weapon without total work incapacity in respect of two victims, and armed resistance."
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-07
🔮 - Published A man accused of stabbing a British toddler at a playground in the French Alps will go on trial charged with attempted murder, prosecutors have said.

Claims (13 extracted, 2 hedged)

- Published A man accused of stabbing a British toddler at a playground in the French Alps will go on trial charged with attempted murder, prosecutors have said. asserted
prosecutors → publish → murder
Abdalmasih Hanoun is also charged with armed resistance and the attempted murder of 12 other people after the attack at a park in Le Paquier, southeast France, in June 2023. asserted
Hanoun → charge → June
The British child, who was three at the time, was visiting the area with her parents, officials said. asserted
officials → visit → parents
French prosecutors said at the time that the child suffered a single stab wound. asserted
child → say → wound
She was one of the four children, aged between 22 months and three years, who were wounded. asserted
who → wound → months
Hanoun will face trial at Haute-Savoie Assize Court in Annecy within the next year, the French public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. asserted
office → face → Wednesday
The prosecutor's statement read: "The defendant will have to answer charges of attempted murder in respect of 13 victims, violence with a weapon without total work incapacity in respect of two victims, and armed resistance." asserted
defendant → read → victims
It added that the defendant's mental state had been assessed by a panel of experts, who found he had not been "suffering from a psychological or neuropsychological disorder" at the time of the attack. asserted
he → add → attack
This means there could be "no grounds justifying the decision not to indict Mr Abdalmasih Hanoun". uncertain
This → mean → Hanoun
The statement added that the decision to order a trial to proceed could be subject to appeal. uncertain
trial → add → appeal
Shortly after the attack on 8 June 2023, officials confirmed that the four young victims were in stable condition. asserted
victims → confirm → condition
One of the children was a Dutch national and the other two were confirmed to be French nationals from the eastern region of Haute-Savoie. asserted
two → confirm → Savoie
Two adults were also hurt in the attack, but were later said to be out of danger. asserted
adults → hurt → danger
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