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Marcus Parekh

Nice stabbings: Pictured, the church worker among three killed in suspected terror attack - latest updates

One of the victims of the Nice knife attack has been identified as Vincent L, a 45-year-old who worked as the church's sacristan - -
One of the victims of the Nice knife attack has been identified as Vincent L, a 45-year-old who worked as the church's sacristan - -

A woman has been decapitated, and two others have been killed, during a knife attack inside the Notre Dame Basilica church in the French city of Nice.

The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, tweeted that the incident is a "terrorist" attack.

Here's what we know so far:

  • At least three people, two women and a man, have been killed, including one woman who was decapitated. The man is reportedly the sexton of the church. The man, a sacristan at the church, has been named locally as 45-year-old, father of two Vincent L.
  • The suspected attacker has been identified as Brahim Aoussaoui, a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant who

    arrived in France from the Italian island of Lampedusa in October. He is reportedly unknown to French security services. 

  • Nice mayor Christian Estrosi said it was a terrorist attack, and that the "Islamo-fascist" assailant "didn't stop shouting Allahu Akhbar even under medication" after being shot and arrested.
  • France raises its alert status to "terror attack emergency" - PM Castex.
  • President Emmanuel Macron has delivered a defiant message to the French people, saying the attacks would not force France to "give up our values".
  • A Saudi citizen has also been arrested in Jeddah for stabbing a security guard outside the French consulate with "a sharp tool".

Follow the latest updates below.

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