Tajani expresses solidarity with France over Annecy attack

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 8 - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday expressed solidarity with France over the brutal knife attack in a park in the southeastern town of Annecy in which four children and an adult were wounded.
    "I join the grief of the families of the victims of the brutal attack in Annecy," said Tajani on Twitter.
    "I pray for their health. I express solidarity with France on behalf of the Italian government. We need the utmost firmness in the face of such violence," he added.
    The knife attack was carried out by a 31-year-old Syrian asylum seeker, according to local media reports.
    Three of the victims were said to be in a serious condition.
    (ANSA).