![]() This is the story of a Syrian refugee who declared himself a Christian from the East and who has a Christian name – Abdalmasih means “servant of the messiah” – and a French youth who says he has felt guided by faith in Christ since he was a child. In one of the videos that has circulated on social media, he seems to say in English: “In the name of Jesus Christ.” The latter is a devout Catholic who was stopping over in Annecy during a nine-month walking tour of the cathedrals of France. One wanted to hurt and kill defenseless beings the other one saved them and is already being hailed as the “hero with the backpack.” The former had a cross in his hand when he carried out the attack. He has been charged with attempted murder.Ībdalmasih and Henri, two fates that fortuitously crossed paths, two men born in the 1990s, who are respectively 31 and 24 years old. If there were no deaths, it was thanks to Henri and other citizens who chased Abdalmasih and allowed the police to arrest him a few minutes later. It was Henri who, armed only with his backpack, chased Abdalmasih away from the playground where he was attacking children and babies - “the most barbaric act conceivable,” said the French president, Emmanuel Macron - and thus, risking his own life, saved the lives of others. The second is resting in a house in a residential neighborhood of that same city as he tries to assimilate what happened in the last few hours. ![]() The former is in custody for stabbing several young children on Thursday in a park in Annecy, a placid and prosperous town in the French Alps. It is partly the story of Abdalmasih and Henri. This is the story of a city and a country horrified by a crime committed for no apparent reason, and simultaneously dazzled by the courageous acts of several citizens who prevented a massacre. ![]()
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