France hails ‘backpack hero’ who fought Annecy knife attacker after several children were stabbed

NY Post ^ | 06/09/2023 | Reuters

[ChicagoConservative27]

France is calling him “the backpack hero”, a young Catholic pilgrim on a walking tour of cathedrals who came face to face with the man who stabbed several children in a park in Annecy.

Henri, a 24-year-old management and philosophy student, was near the playground in Le Paquier Park when he saw the man attacking children in a stroller as their mother desperately tried to shield them on Thursday.

Video footage shows him trying to block the assailant with one of his two backpacks, pursuing the man into the playground, and throwing one of his bags at the attacker.

So far, most of France only knows him by his first name. That is all there is on his social media accounts and police have not gone into more detail.

[GOPJ]

If this had happened in a democrat hellhole like New York City, the hero would have been arrested.

[Danie_2023]

“What a difference even a walking stick would have made!”

Or an assault-capable umbrella. Something heavy enough to hurt if swung at an attacker’s head.

[hanamizu]

Or an assault-capable umbrella.

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I’ve read about them. Can go anywhere and not be suspected as a defensive weapon. In many places men carry umbrellas without notice.

[marktwain]

Or an assault-capable umbrella.

[Lisbon1940]

Management and philosophy is an interesting double major. Maybe he wants to be a French Peter Drucker.

[CletusVanDamme]

John Steed’s umbrella perhaps?

[JimRed]

I’ve read about them. Can go anywhere and not be suspected as a defensive weapon. In many places men carry umbrellas without notice.

Not to a professional sports stadium. Even in a rainstorm.

[sauropod]

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