THE BACKPACK hero who took on the knifeman in the course of the Annecy playground stabbings nonetheless has the horrible photographs in his head, he revealed.
Henri, 24, bravely intervened in Thursday’s horror incident in France that noticed four kids stabbed and different critically injured.
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The frenchman’s valiant effort was believed to have slowed down the maniac knifeman’s rampage with cops able to chase down the attacker and arrest him.
Footage confirmed Henri swinging his luggage on the knife-wielding man who seems to lose his adrenalin-raged momentum.
The heroic man is then seen chasing him across the playground and ultimately away from the kids right into a park.
Henri has since been labelled “The backpack hero” and was even lauded by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Henri advised CNews: “I acted actually instinctively, I acted like every Frenchman would have achieved, I did all the pieces to guard the weakest.
“What I did, anybody may have achieved. I adopted my intuition.”
Nonetheless, following the terrifying ordeal – Henri advised Le Parisien he was struggling for the incident.
He stated: “I’ve atrocious photographs in my head.
“I used to be the principle witness, I gave an extended testimony of three hours, described every second in a number of sentences.Â
“I fell asleep with sleeping tablet.”
In keeping with Catholic newspaper Aleteia, Henri is a graduate in philosophy and holds a grasp’s diploma in administration.
He was reportedly travelling throughout the nation visiting numerous cathedrals and was within the lakeside city on the time of the assault.
Henri believed he was not current on the scene due to a miracle.
He stated: “All I do know is I used to be not there by probability.
“I felt an ideal power in me, it was insupportable that kids are being attacked in entrance of me, he identified.
“Numerous individuals ship me messages of help.
“I’m considering above all of the victims and their households, I hope they’re properly, that they’ll come out of this.”
In keeping with Le Parisien, French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with the hero man this week.
His Facebook and Instagram accounts had been flooded with messages giving thanks for his bravery.
“Could God bless you … you probably did what you would at that second, you didn’t hand over, you didn’t run. You’re an angel,” Instagram person stated.
It comes after cops arrested the alleged attacker, who’s a 31-year outdated Syrian nationwide who was granted asylum in Sweden ten years in the past.
Horror footage confirmed the maniac knifeman stalking the busy park in Lake Annecy earlier than lunging on the children in entrance of terrified dad and mom.
One of many two pensioners caught up within the assault advised Reuters he had been sitting on a park bench when the attacker approached on the run.
“He most likely needed to create another sufferer,” stated Youssouf, who requested to withhold his household title.
Former Liverpool footballer Anthony Le Tallec additionally occurred to be on the scene and shared a video on his Instagram story.
He stated: “I used to be working by the Lake and I noticed round ten individuals working in the wrong way to me.
“I requested them what was occurring and somebody advised me, run, run, there may be somebody stabbing individuals.
“He has stabbed some kids, run, run!”
An eyewitness, who requested to not be named, stated: “The person was shouting in English, and precipitated absolute panic when he began attacking the little ones.
“He needed to harm as many individuals as he may. He precipitated carnage. The younger kids had been simply simple targets.”
One other witness advised Le Dauphine: “After individuals tried to scare him, he walked away and the police intervened.
“He spoke English. At first, all of us thought it was staged, however with the cries of individuals, we realised that its actuality, the man was confused.”
Prime Minister of France Elisabeth Borne stated: “Our entire nation is in shock.”
The knifeman was later recognized as asylum seeker Abdalmash H, 32, who arrived within the nation in 2022.
The Syrian nationwide had arrived in Sweden in 2013 and was granted refugee standing in April.
However he had additionally utilized for asylum in France in November, it was reported.
He was not identified to safety companies and French prosecutors stated they don’t imagine he has a “terrorist motive”.
Chatting with France Bleu, an eyewitness reported that the person had been going to the playground daily for the previous two months.
“He was there each morning, from morning to nighttime and everybody had noticed him a bit as a result of he was on their lonesome.”
The suspect’s ex-wife, who resides in Sweden, had not heard from him for 4 months, BFMTV reported.
The couple are stated to have separated eight months in the past – along with his spouse taking care of their youngster.
The TV channel additionally reported the suspect was “homeless” and he was from Hassake, Syria.
French President Emmanuel Macron slammed the stabbing as an act “of absolute cowardice.”
“The nation is shocked. Our ideas are with them in addition to their households and the emergency providers,” he wrote on Twitter.
Dwelling Secretary Suella Braverman stated she is “appalled” by the assault and tweeted: “I’m appalled by the assault on younger kids in Annecy, France.
“My ideas are with the kids, their households and the local people who’ve been affected by this surprising act.
“I am in contact with my buddy, Minister GDarmanin to supply our full help.”
François Astorg, the Mayor of Annecy, stated: “Appalling assault this morning on the Paquier park in Annecy.
“All my ideas to the victims and households.”
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