Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credits: FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP 18:38 pm, June 08, 2023

Present at the scene at the time of the tragedy, former professional footballer Anthony Le Tallec, who ended his career at FC Annecy, told the scene in an Instagram story. "I was running by the lake, and all of a sudden I see dozens of people running in the opposite direction of me," he said.

At the time of the Annecy tragedy, where a man of Syrian nationality is suspected of having attacked with a knife six people, including four young children still in absolute emergency, the former professional footballer Anthony Le Tallec, passed in particular to Liverpool, then to FC Annecy where he ended his career, was near the scene. He told about what he experienced in an Instagram story.

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"I was running by the lake, and all of a sudden I see dozens of people running in the opposite direction of me. I wonder what's going on, there's a mom who says, 'Run! Run! There's someone stabbing everyone all along the lake, he stabbed children!'" he said on social media.

"It's crazy to see that in Annecy"

"I keep going and I see the guy actually coming in front of me, on the grass. I see cops who are five, ten meters behind him, who can't catch him. He comes towards me, so I step aside. And I see that he rushes straight towards grandpa and granny, and there he attacks the grandpa, he stabs him once, the cops behind him can not catch him. And I tell them 'but shoot him, kill him!', he's stabbing everyone!"

"He attacks once, twice, and then they start shooting, so there they shoot in front of me, on the person, so he falls to the ground, the grandpa was already hit. I continue my race, and I see at the bottom children on the ground, very unhappy, children affected, "said the player who ended his career in this city, adding: "It's crazy to see that in Annecy".