Three people are dead after a series of stabbing in a by now confirmed terror attack that occurred at the Basilica of Notre-Dame in Nice, France. The suspect, who yelled "allahu akbar" several times during the attack, is in custody. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said the country had been attacked "by Islamic terrorists".
France's anti-terror prosecutor's office is now taking on the case and opening an investigation on counts of assassination in relation to a terrorist enterprise, attempted assassination in relation to a terrorist enterprise and terrorist association of criminals.
The attack comes while France is still reeling from the beheading earlier this month of French middle school teacher Samuel Paty. The attacker who killed Paty had said he wanted to punish him for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a civics lesson. It also comes amid mass protests in many Islamic countries against Macron after he spoke up in defense of the cartoons. Additionally, there have been other notable terror attacks in Nice over the past several years.
President Trump and former Vice-President Biden tweeted that their "hearts are with the people of France". Vladimir Putin, in the meantime, confirmed the readiness of the Russian party to the closest cooperation with French and other international partners in all directions of counter-terrorist activities.
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