French Alps attack exposes Macron's challenges on immigration

French President Emmanuel Macron talks with Henri, the 24-year-old 'backpack hero', as Youssouf, who suffered minor stab wounds as he tried to intercept the suspect as he fled, looks on during a meeting with rescue forces at the Haute-Savoie prefecture, the day after several children and adults were injured in a knife attack at the Le Paquier park near the lake in Annecy, in the French Alps, France, June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Pool

PARIS (Reuters) - The knife attack on toddlers in a French Alpine town, suspected to have been carried out by a Syrian refugee, has thrown a spotlight on President Emmanuel Macron's struggles to find support for a new immigration bill in a fragmented parliament.

France was still in shock a day after four children - aged between 22 and 36 months - and two pensioners were stabbed in the tranquil lakeside town of Annecy.