Tourist and daughters in knife attack in Alpine resort
A French woman and her three daughters have been stabbed at a holiday resort in the French Alps.
One of the girls, aged 8, is critically ill in hospital in Grenoble with a punctured lung.
Initial reports suggested the family was attacked by a Moroccan-born man who was annoyed by what they were wearing, said the Telegraph, but a local prosecutor denied this.
The man was arrested after the attack, which happened in the resort of Colombe in the southern Alps.
Other holidaymakers in the resort have been offered counselling.
The mother, 46, and her two older daughters aged 12 and 14, are being treated at the hospital of Gap, closer to the scene of the attack.
Their injuries are severe but not considered life-threatening, said reports.
The attack took place around 10 am. The man allegedly stabbed the three girls on the terrace of their chalet before attacking their mother inside.
The assailant, reportedly from Paris, was staying with his family in a neighbouring chalet.
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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