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President calls for firmness and unity after man with knife kills three people in church

France will not give in to terror, Emmanuel Macron has said in a call for firmness and unity after the country’s latest terrorist attack left three people dead.

Speaking outside the basilica in Nice where a man armed with a knife killed two women and a man the president said France was under attack.

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Children in France aged six and over will have to wear face masks in the classroom to keep schools open, the prime minister, Jean Castex, said on the eve of a second national lockdown.

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A man used a knife to kill a woman and two men at the church, according to local media reports. The mayor of Nice calls it an attack on Christianity.

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Eyewitness video captured the sound of gunfire as police responded at the scene of a deadly church attack in the French city of Nice on Thursday. A man armed with a knife has killed three people – two women and a man – during the terrorist attack inside the Notre-Dame Basilica in the city centre. Police described the scene as a ‘vision of horror’. The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, said the attacker had said ‘Allahu Akbar’ several times while he was being arrested and handcuffed by police

Incident comes amid heightened anti-France sentiment across Muslim world

Saudi Arabian police have arrested a man outside the French consulate in Jeddah after he allegedly stabbed a guard, amid heightened anti-France sentiment across the Muslim world and apparent terrorist attacks in two French cities.

The Saudi national used a “sharp tool” to injure the guard, who is receiving treatment in hospital, the Saudi Press Agency said.

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