Suspect in playground attack denied French asylum, minister says | Daily Mail Online

A knifeman who stabbed a group of children in the French Alps - including a British girl - had been denied asylum in France just days before the attack, according to a minister.The man, who French police said is a 31-year-old Syrian, attacked four children and two adults at a lakeside park in Annecy on Thursday.According to reports, the British girl is a three-year-old who was on holiday in the area.Dozens of tributes including flowers, teddy bears, candles and written messages were left at the