The British child stabbed by a knife-wielding attacker in Annecy has been named as Ettie Turner.

The three-year-old was attacked in the French city on Thursday, along with a 22-month-old Dutch girl, and two French cousins – a boy and a girl, both aged two.

She was reportedly on holiday in France with her family and is currently recovering in a children’s hospital in Grenoble, where she has been visited by President Macron.

All four children were seriously injured and remain in hospital, although their conditions have improved to the point where their lives are no longer in danger, according to the regional prosecutor.

There were also two adults injured – a French man aged 72, and a 78-year-old Portuguese national who was stabbed while trying to stop the attacker from escaping and was then shot by police as they detained the suspect.

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On Sunday, some of Annecy’s citizens gathered in the lakeside park where the attack took place to show support for those injured.

Annecy Mayor François Astorg told the crowd the attack was “a tragedy touching our city, the country and the whole world.

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“Our only choice is to respond with unity and hope… to choose the future rather than destruction, to gather is to build rather than hate.”

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The gathering was also to honour those who tried to stop the attacker before police overpowered him, including a man who was on a Catholic pilgrimage named Henri, who swung at the attacker with his backpack.

The suspect, a refugee from Syria with Swedish residency, has been handed preliminary charges of attempted murder and armed resistance.

Preliminary charges mean magistrates have strong reason to suspect a crime but are allowing more time for investigation before deciding whether to send a case to trial.

The man is in detention and has refused to speak to investigators.

A psychiatrist and doctors have said he is fit to face charges, regional prosecutor Line Bonnet-Mathis said, adding that the attack motive seems unclear but is not thought to be terrorism.

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