An attacker with a knife has killed three people and wounded several others at a church in the French city of Nice, according to French police, in an incident the city’s mayor has described as terrorism.
Key points:
- The attacker was believed to be acting alone, according to an unnamed police official
- The French anti-terrorist prosecutor’s department has been asked to investigate
- France’s lower house of Parliament has held a moment of silence for the victims
Mayor Christian Estrosi said on Twitter the knife attack had happened in or near the city’s Notre Dame church and that police had detained…
