Brutal knife attack in France: woman is said to have been beheaded in church

In Nice, a man attacked passers-by with a knife.

There should be at least one dead and several injured. 

• There

  was a

  terrorist-

  motivated

  knife attack

  in a church in

  the French coastal city of

  Nice

  .

• Nice's mayor

  Christian Estrosi

  speaks of three victims, two were killed in the cathedral.

• The

  Paris anti-terrorist prosecutor

  has taken over the investigation.

Nice -

According to media reports, at least one person was killed and several injured in

a

in the coastal city of

in the south of France

.

The incident is said to

have occurred

near the

church

.

The news channel

on Thursday.

The

advised avoiding the area.

Nice attack: Interior minister immediately initiates crisis meeting after knife attack

The French Interior Minister

confirmed a

in downtown

on Twitter.

He advised avoiding the area and also wrote that he would initiate an

at the Ministry of the Interior.

In the past few weeks, after the beheading of a teacher in Paris, he had repeatedly warned of a high

.

Knife attack in Nice: Mayor Christian Estrosi speaks of terror

The

of Nice,

, announced on Twitter that a

had been arrested.

According to the mayor, there are many indications of a

.

In another Tweet reported

of

.

Two of them died in the

.

In an interview with the news channel

,

said

that the attacker had shouted "Allahu Akbar" several times.

Je suis sur place avec la @ PoliceNat06 et la @pmdenice qui a interpellé l'auteur de l'attaque.

Je confirm that tout laisse supposer à un attentat terroriste au sein de la basilique Notre-Dame de # Nice06.

pic.twitter.com/VmpDqRwzB1

- Christian Estrosi (@cestrosi) October 29, 2020

The

has taken over the investigation.

Among other things, it is about the allegation of murder in connection with a terrorist project, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor's office confirmed to the

.

The French newspaper

reports that

.

In addition, seven to eight shots should have been heard.

A teacher was beheaded 13 days ago in Paris.

It was a

.