Estrosi said on Twitter that police had arrested the perpetrator of the attack.
“I confirm that everything suggests a terrorist attack in the Basilica of Notre-Dame in Nice,” he said.
Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, speaks to police at the scene of the attack.Credit:Twitter
He later told reporters that the suspect kept shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) even after he had been arrested.
Estrosi also said French President Emmanuel Macron would visit Nice.
Brendan Berne, who finished serving as Australia’s ambassador to France earlier this month and has moved to Nice, said he was at…
