“He thought of these children as if they were his grandchildren”: a Portuguese man risks his life in the attack on a playground in Annecy

Manuel da Ponte was accidentally stabbed and shot by police. He is now in hospital. A 73-year-old Portuguese emigrant confronted the Syrian refugee who, knife in hand, stabbed four children in a playground in Annecy, in the French Alps, on Thursday. With gunshot wounds, he is hospitalized but “out of danger”. The news was reported … Continue reading “He thought of these children as if they were his grandchildren”: a Portuguese man risks his life in the attack on a playground in Annecy