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Brutal knife attack shakes France: woman beheaded in the Notre-Dame basilica - more dead

2020-10-29T14:36:05.246Z


In Nice, a man attacked passers-by in a church with a knife. There are three dead and six injured.


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

There are three dead and six injured.

  • In the French coastal city of

    Nice

    , it has an apparently

    terrorist

    -motivated

    knife attack

    given in a church.

  • Nice's mayor

    Christian Estrosi

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

  • The highest

    terror warning level

    now applies in France

    .

Update from October 29, 2:16 p.m.:

The highest terror warning level now applies in France, which means the government can

mobilize

extraordinary resources in the fight against

terror

.

The aim is to improve protection against an imminent terrorist threat, writes the

German Press Agency

.

After the fact, in which a man killed three people in

Nice

, the Paris anti-terrorist prosecutor took over the investigation.

Among other things, it is about the allegation of

murder

in connection with a terrorist project.

Contrary to initial rumors, the perpetrator

acted alone,

according to the French newspaper

Nice Matin

.

Messages of

solidarity

arrived

in France

from many countries

.

Chancellor

Angela Merkel *

was "deeply shaken by the cruel murders" in the Notre-Dame Basilica.

"My thoughts are with the relatives of the murdered and the injured," said Merkel, according to her spokesman Steffen Seibert on Twitter.

Spain, Italy and the Netherlands also condemned the act and pledged

support

from

Paris

.

Chancellor #Merkel: “I am deeply shocked by the cruel murders in a church in #Nice.

My thoughts are with the relatives of the murdered and the injured.

Germany's solidarity is due to the French nation in these difficult hours. "

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) October 29, 2020

Attack in Nice: Highest terror warning level in France

Update from October 29th, 1:33 p.m.:

Highest

terror warning level

in France: After the alleged Islamist attack in 

Nice 

with three dead, France declared the highest terror warning level nationwide.

The

Prime Minister Jean Castex announced

on Thursday in Paris.

Castex condemned the “cowardly and barbaric act that grieves the whole country”.

According to the Prime Minister, the government plans to hold a crisis meeting on Friday to discuss the situation.

In addition to the crime in Nice with three dead, the

police

in Avignon in the south of France killed an alleged attacker who is said to have threatened passers-by with a weapon

(see update from October 29, 12.55 p.m.)

.

In addition, a man at the French consulate in Jeddah in

Saudi Arabia

attacked and slightly injured a security guard.

The state news agency

SPA reported

 on Thursday

that the perpetrator was arrested

.

Knife attack in Nice: President Emmanuel Macron is expected in the French city

Update from October 29, 12.55 p.m.:

Another knife attack in

Nice

shocked France: According to the

AFP

news

agency

, a suspected Islamist killed three people with a knife and at least one victim's throat was cut.

A woman and a man are said to have died in the

Notre-Dame basilica

.

The third victim was initially able to flee to a bar, but then succumbed to his injuries.

In the next few hours, French President

Emmanuel Macron is

expected in Nice.

Shortly after the crime, the police in Avignon, southern France,

killed

an alleged

attacker

who is said to have threatened passers-by with a weapon.

There is currently no evidence of a terrorist background, according to police circles, according to the

German Press Agency

.

Nice: Three dead after knife attack in Church of Notre-Dame Basilica

Update from October 29, 11:56 a.m.:

According to current information,

three people were

killed in

an attack in the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice on Thursday morning

.

There are also said to be

six

injured

.

This was confirmed by police circles of the

German Press Agency

in Paris on Thursday.

The suspect has been arrested, according to the mayor of Nice,

Christian Estrosi

.

The police injured him with bullets.

According to information from the French newspaper

Nice Matin

, possible accomplices are currently being sought.

The

Notre-Dame Basilica

is a well-known attraction in Nice and is located in the city center.

According to a tweet from the mayor, he had already spoken to French President

Emmanuel Macron on the

phone.

The

President of the European Parliament David Sassoli

called for unity.

"We have a duty to stand together against violence and against those who incite and spread hatred," the Italian wrote on Thursday on Twitter.

+

Policemen from the elite Raid unit arrive to search the Notre-Dame church in Nice for a knife attack.

© Valery Hache / AFP / dpa

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

First report from October 29, 10:25 a.m .:

 Nice -

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

a

knife attack

in the southern French coastal city of

Nice

.

The incident is said to

have occurred

near the

Notre-Dame

church

.

The news channel

BFMTV reported

on Thursday.

The

police

advised avoiding the area.

The French Interior Minister

Gérald Darmanin

confirmed a

police operation

in downtown

Nice

on Twitter.

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

immediate emergency meeting

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

risk of terrorism

.

Nice attack: Mayor Christian Estrosi speaks of terror

The

Mayor

of Nice,

Christian Estrosi

, announced on Twitter that a

suspect

had been arrested.

According to the mayor, there are many indications of a

terrorist attack

.

In another Tweet reported

Estrosi

of

three victims

.

Two of them died in the

cathedral

.

In an interview with the news channel

Franceinfo

,

Estrosi

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

Paris anti-terrorist prosecutor

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

dpa

.

The French newspaper

Nice Matin

reports that

a victim was beheaded

.

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

A teacher was beheaded 13 days ago in Paris.

It was a

terrorist attack

.

(ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network

List of rubric lists: © Valery Hache / AFP / dpa

Source: merkur

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