At around 9 a.m., three people were killed and several injured in a knife attack in Nice, France. The mayor Christian Estrosi speaks of an act of terrorism. One suspect has already been arrested.
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Three people were killed and several injured in a knife attack in the southern French coastal city of Nice. One of these, according to the local newspaper Nice Matin, is a person of about 70 years old who was beheaded in Notre-Dame Cathedral, located on Avenue Jean-Médecin.
There would also have been several shots fired.
According to the police, one suspect has also been arrested. He was injured during his arrest and was taken to hospital.
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has announced on Twitter that a “crisis meeting” will be held. The French parliament had already kept silent for a minute for the victims, after which the national assembly was suspended.
Not the first time
It is the second violent and fatal incident in France in a short time. Two weeks ago, a man was beheaded in the street in Paris by an 18-year-old man of Chechen origin. The victim was a 47-year-old teacher named Samuel Paty. He taught history and had shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in a lesson on free speech. The perpetrator used a kitchen knife and is said to have shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ at the time of the murder.
And it is not the first time that such an attack has taken place in Nice. Four years ago, a Muslim terrorist drove a truck into a crowd that was celebrating the national holiday. At that time there were 86 fatalities.
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