PARIS: Three people including a woman were stabbed to death in at the Notre-Dame basilica in the city of Nice, BBC reported.
According to officials, the man who killed them in cold blood in a church in France arrived from Tunisia days ago.
The suspect, 21, had an Italian Red Cross document, issued after he arrived by a migrant boat to Italy’s Lampedusa island last month. He was shot by police and is in a critical condition.
One of the victims of Thursday’s attack at the Notre-Dame was “virtually beheaded”.
Meanwhile, President Emmanuel Macron said it was an “Islamist terrorist attack”.
Macron said the number of soldiers being deployed to protect public places – such as churches and schools – would rise from 3,000 to 7,000. The country’s security alert has been raised to the highest level.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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