Nice attack: Mayor says deadly stabbing points to terrorism
Nice attack: Mayor says deadly stabbing points to terrorism Three people have been killed in a knife attack in the French city of Nice, police say. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said everything pointed to a "terrorist attack at the heart of the Notre-Dame basilica". Police said one woman had her throat cut in the attack and Mr Estrosi spoke of "islamofascism". The suspect was detained shortly after the attack. France's national anti-terror prosecutors opened a murder inquiry. The mayor told reporters that the suspect had "repeated endlessly 'Allahu Akbar' (God is greatest) when he was being treated at the scene". Mr Estrosi said one of those killed was the caretaker at the basilica. It later emerged that worshippers were inside the building at the time of the attack and that a witness had managed to raise the alarm with a special protection system set up by the city. The interior minister appealed to people to avoid the area in the centre of the...
