After two psychiatric evaluations, Abdalmasih H. was deemed “compatible with police custody”. (File)

Annecy, France:

The Syrian refugee detained within the stabbing of six folks together with 4 younger kids within the French Alpine city of Annecy has been charged with “attempted murder”, a prosecutor mentioned Saturday.

Abdalmasih H. “did not wish to speak” throughout his 48 hours in police custody nor earlier than the magistrates main the investigation, public prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis informed a press convention. 

After two psychiatric evaluations, Abdalmasih H. was deemed “compatible with police custody”, she mentioned, including medical doctors decided he didn’t undergo from delusions. 

However, she added that it was too early to diagnose or rule out different psychological pathologies at this stage.

The victims of Thursday’s assault at a playground within the idyllic lakeside city well-liked with vacationers have been now not in a life-threatening situation, Bonnet-Mathis mentioned. 

The kids, aged between 22 months and three years, have been initially hospitalised in a critical situation, whereas one grownup was additionally critically injured and one other flippantly injured. 

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