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07. NYTimes.docx neo-Gothic basilica, including a 60-year-old woman who was nearly
decapitated, and a third victim died after taking refuge in a nearby bar. The
attack in Nice came less than two weeks after the beheading of a teacher
shook the nation and led to President Emmanuel Macron suggesting that
10. Chicago Tribune.docx s president accused Macron of Islamophobia over the
caricatures and questioned his mental health, prompting Paris to recall its
ambassador to Turkey for consultations. The attack in Nice came less than
two weeks after Paty, the teacher, was beheaded. In September, a man who had sought
asylum in France attacked
16. APNews.docx the “complex” probe. An investigation was opened for murder and
attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise, a common term for such
crimes. The attack in Nice came amid a fierce debate in France and
beyond over the re-publication of the Muhammad caricatures by satirical newspaper
Charlie Hebdo.
16. APNews.docx In an apparent reference to the caricatures, he tweeted that
“This escalating vicious cycle -- hate speech, provocations & violence -- must be
replaced by reason & sanity.” The attack in Nice came less than two weeks
after Paty, the teacher, was beheaded. In September, a man who had sought asylum in
France attacked
14. CBSNews.docx in Charlie Hebdo was criticized by Turkish officials for sowing
"the seeds of hatred and animosity." Turkey issued a statement on Thursday strongly
condemning the attack in Nice and saying it stands in solidarity with
French people against terrorism and violence. The coastal city of Nice was the site
of
05. Washington Post.docx outside the French Consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia,
was stabbed. He did not suffer life-threatening injuries, the French Consulate said
in a statement. The attack in Nice occurred at the Basilica of Notre-Dame
de L’Assomption, shortly before 9 a.m. Three people were confirmed dead, according
to anti-
19. NPRNews.docx values that it defends. And I think this goes way beyond
religion. The whole country is really stunned. SHAPIRO: Are authorities in France
linking the attack in Nice to the killing of the French schoolteacher by
an 18-year-old near Paris two weeks ago? BEARDSLEY: Yes, they are. Everything is
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx old radicalized Chechen refugee who was angry that
the teacher had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in his class on freedom
of speech." The attack in Nice took place on the day many Muslims celebrate
the anniversary of Muhammad's birth. The caricatures were originally published by
the satirical
04. Newsweek.com.docx Woman Beheaded in Church, Two Others Killed in Knife Attack
in Nice, France BY ON 10/29/20 AT 5:41 AM EDT Aknifeman beheaded one woman
in a church and left two others dead after attacking a number
17. CNBCNews.docx Three dead and several wounded after a terror attack in
Nice, France PUBLISHED THU, OCT 29 20205:09 AM EDTUPDATED THU, OCT 29 20208:13 AM
EDT Katrina Bishop & Sam Meredith A man armed with a knife on Thursday
10. Chicago Tribune.docx Castex told lawmakers Thursday, referring to the
teacher who was beheaded after showing his class caricatures of the prophet during
a civics lesson. “With this attack in Nice, it is freedom of religion.”
Earlier, the lower house of parliament suspended a debate on France’s new virus
restrictions and held
16. APNews.docx Castex told lawmakers Thursday, referring to the teacher who was
beheaded after showing his class caricatures of the prophet during a civics lesson.
“With this attack in Nice, it is freedom of religion.” Macron left for Nice
almost immediately and, standing before the basilica, said, “Very clearly, it is
France
04. Newsweek.com.docx incident remains unclear at this stage, however Prime
Minister Jean Castex has now raised France's security alert to its highest level.
Hours after the attack in Nice, a gunman was shot in the French town of
Montfavet, near Avignon, some 160 miles away from Nice, after threatening passers
by and
05. Washington Post.docx Gunfire at scene of church attack in France
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 Oct. 29. (Video:
Reuters) Speaking at the scene in Nice on Thursday afternoon, Macron condemned the
attack and
12. USNews.docx country.’ By Paul D. Shinkman | Oct. 29, 2020, at 10:03 a.m.
France's prime minister raised the national attack alert to "emergency" on Thursday
following a knife attack in the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed
three – a dramatic step in the aftermath of the third violent incident in two
months that
19. NPRNews.docx Eleanor Beardsley joins us from Paris. Hi, Eleanor. ELEANOR
BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Hi, Ari. SHAPIRO: How are French people and particularly
Catholics reacting to today's attack in the church? BEARDSLEY: Well,
people are totally shocked and horrified. And, yes, this is a Catholic country. But
even if you're not
11. FOXNews.docx Day crowd, killing dozens. Thursday also marked the Prophet
Muhammed's birthday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was quick
to condemn the “heinous” attack in France and pledged solidarity in
Europe “in the face of barbarism and fanaticism.” “I condemn the odious and brutal
attack which has just
11. FOXNews.docx inside the city's Notre Dame basilica and a third person who
escaped to a nearby bar later died. Thursday’s incident marked the third attack
in France in less than two months since a terrorism trial opened in September
related to the January 2015 killings at the satirical newspaper Charlie
08. USA TODAY.docx 3 dead in 'terrorist' knife attack in French church,
second beheading in two weeks USA TODAY Published 06:09 a.m. ET Oct. 29, 2020
Three people were killed at a church in Nice,
02. BostonGlobe.docx 3 dead in knife attack in French church; terrorism
suspected By Associated PressUpdated October 29, 2020, 6:23 a.m. PARIS (AP) — An
attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a
10. Chicago Tribune.docx church and killed three Thursday, prompting the
government to raise its security alert status to the maximum level hours before a
nationwide coronavirus lockdown. The attack in Mediterranean city of Nice
was the third in two months in France that authorities have attributed to Muslim
extremists, including . It comes during
16. APNews.docx French church and killed three Thursday, prompting the government
to raise its security alert to the maximum level hours before a nationwide
coronavirus lockdown. The attack in Mediterranean city of Nice was the
third in less than two months that French authorities have attributed to Muslim
extremists, including who had
05. Washington Post.docx cartoons as a deeply offensive provocation. There
have been calls for a boycott of French products across the Muslim world. Gunfire
at scene of church attack in France Eyewitness video captured the sound
of gunfire as police responded at the scene of a deadly church attack in the French
city
11. FOXNews.docx say it with great clarity once again today: we won't surrender
anything.” President Trump also condemned what he described as a radical Islamic
terrorist attack in France. He tweeted: “Our hearts are with the people of
France. America stands with our oldest Ally in this fight. These Radical Islamic
05. Washington Post.docx published by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo,
have now been tied to multiple incidents of violence. Charlie Hebdo itself was
victim of a major terrorist attack in January 2015, when two brothers killed
12 journalists and claimed they had “avenged the prophet” as they fled the scene.
Last month, after Charlie Hebdo
15. ABCNews.docx vowed to "prevent extremist violence" in a tweet Wednesday
afternoon. "Jill and I are keeping the French people in our prayers following the
horrific terror attack in Nice -- which targeted innocents in a house of
worship. A Biden-Harris administration will work with our allies and partners to
prevent extremist
10. Chicago Tribune.docx by police in the southern French city of Avignon, and
scattered confrontations were reported elsewhere, but it is unclear whether they
were linked to the attack in Nice. France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor
opened an investigation, and President Emmanuel Macron said he would immediately
increase the number of soldiers deployed
16. APNews.docx by police in the southern French city of Avignon, and scattered
confrontations were reported elsewhere, but it is unclear whether they were linked
to the attack in Nice. France’s national police chief had ordered
increased security at churches and mosques earlier this week, but no police
appeared to be
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx reportedly shot and killed an armed man after he
threatened them in the street – although authorities say that case seems to be
unrelated to the attack in Nice. "The knife attack comes two weeks to the
day of the beheading of a French schoolteacher in a town north of Paris,"
06. CNN News.docx France, which will go under a renewed coronavirus lockdown on
Friday, and just weeks after a high school teacher, was beheaded in another
apparent terrorist attack in Paris. On October 16, was killed after
showing controversial cartoons of Islam's Prophet Mohammed during a lesson on
freedom of expression. Macron subsequently
02. BostonGlobe.docx An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a
church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, authorities said. It was the
third attack in two months in France. The assailant was wounded by
police and hospitalized after the killings at the Notre Dame Church, less than a
06. CNN News.docx s Council said the three victims were targeted "because they were
inside the Basilica." France's Council of the Muslim Faith strongly denounced
Thursday's attack and called on French Muslims to cancel Thursday's religious
celebrations, which mark the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed. "I strongly condemn
the terrorist
10. Chicago Tribune.docx angered or frustrated by France’s position on the
cartoons, several issued their condolences Thursday, . The French Council of the
Muslim Faith condemned the Nice attack and called on French Muslims to
refrain from festivities marking the birth of Muhammad “as a sign of mourning and
in solidarity with the
05. Washington Post.docx deadly church attack in the French city of Nice on
Oct. 29. (Video: Reuters) Speaking at the scene in Nice on Thursday afternoon,
Macron condemned the attack and doubled down on his defense of freedom of
expression, although he did not expressly mention the Muhammad cartoons. "We will
cede nothing," Macron
14. CBSNews.docx police and emergency vehicles. Sounds of explosions could be
heard as sappers blew up suspicious objects. The French Council of the Muslim Faith
condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with the victims and the
victims' families. The lower house of France's parliament suspended a debate on new
virus restrictions
12. USNews.docx gunman to . Muslims forbid any physical depiction of the Prophet
Muhammed. France's lower house of parliament suspended debate in the aftermath of
Thursday's attack and held a moment of silence for the victims. The
Associated Press reported French President was planning to travel to Nice later in
the
10. Chicago Tribune.docx restrictions and held a moment of silence for the
victims. Castex rushed from the hall to a crisis center overseeing the aftermath of
the Nice attack and later returned to announce the alert level increase.
Macron left for Nice almost immediately. “Very clearly, it is France which is under
attack,”
06. CNN News.docx Arabia, the UAE and Egypt also condemned Thursday's deadly knife
attack. On Thursday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said the country "strongly
condemns" the Nice attack and offered "condolences to the relatives of
those who lost their lives." Fraught moment The deadly incident is just the latest
in a number
07. NYTimes.docx the government’s response and the sharp language of some of its
leaders have left Mr. Macron open to criticism that he is politicizing the attack
and playing to voters who might otherwise defect to his challengers on the
far right. His education minister has described politicians on the left
01. VoANews.docx knives not used in the attack were found in a bag that belonged
to him. French leaders have termed Thursday’s incident an Islamist terrorist
attack and raised the country’s security alert to its highest level.
15. ABCNews.docx security guard at the French consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
was injured on Thursday when he was attacked. One person has been arrested
following that attack and the extent of the guard's injuries are currently
unknown. Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to President Emmanuel Macron in which he
expressed
03. SeattleTimes.docx in the case. Nice Archbishop Andre Marceau was preparing
for a special nighttime service in the basilica to purify it following Thursday’s
fatal knife attack, and then to pay homage to the victims and to mark All
Saints’ Day, when many Christians around the world honor the dead. Priests
05. Washington Post.docx knife attack at a church in the southern French city
of Nice on Thursday, an act President Emmanuel Macron referred to as "an Islamist
terror attack" and which prompted the country to raise its security alert
to the highest level. The attack came amid tensions over cartoons denigrating the
prophet
14. CBSNews.docx Woman beheaded and 2 others killed in knife attack at
French church UPDATED ON: OCTOBER 29, 2020 / 10:57 AM / CBS/AP An attacker armed
with a knife beheaded one person and killed two others at a
05. Washington Post.docx three at church in Nice, Macron says France will not
give in to terrorism (Washington) By October 29, 2020 at 5:59 p.m. EDT Three dead
in knife attack at French church, terrorism investigation An attacker with
a knife killed three people at a church in Nice, France on Oct. 29, police said, in
01. VoANews.docx never accept that violence can be justified,” Macron said.
Meanwhile, French authorities detained a third man for questioning Saturday in
connection with the Islamist knife attack at Notre Dame Basilica in the
southern French city of Nice that left three people dead. The man, a 33-years-old,
was present during
03. SeattleTimes.docx am Updated Nov. 1, 2020 at 4:42 pm By The Associated
Press PARIS (AP) — Churches around France held Sunday services honoring three
people killed in an Islamic extremist attack at Notre Dame Basilica in the
city of Nice that pushed the country into high security alert, while police
questioned six suspects in the
05. Washington Post.docx woman, who died in a restaurant across the street
after fleeing the basilica. Error! Filename not specified. Security forces guard
the area after a knife attack at the Basilica of Notre-Dame de L’Assomption
in Nice, France, on Oct. 29. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters) Ricard identified the suspect
as a 21-year-
11. FOXNews.docx two months since a terrorism trial opened in September related to
the January 2015 killings at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher
supermarket. The attack at the Catholic church also happened less than a half
a mile from the site in 2016 where another attacker plowed a truck into a
01. VoANews.docx Security Remains High in France After Deadly Knife Attack
at Church in Nice October 31, 2020 12:24 PM UPDATE October 31, 2020 1:15 PM
(VoA) Security throughout France was high Saturday after this week’s deadly
stabbings at a
05. Washington Post.docx said, in an incident the city's mayor described as
terrorism. (Video: Reuters) Comment 1354 Gift Article Share PARIS — Three people
were killed in a knife attack at a church in the southern French city of Nice
on Thursday, an act President Emmanuel Macron referred to as "an Islamist terror
attack"
10. Chicago Tribune.docx 3 killed in knife attack at church in Nice,
France, the 3rd such attack in 2 months: ‘Very clearly, it is France which is under
attack’ (Chicago Tribune) By LORI
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx barbarian," Estrosi said. Macron arrived in Nice on
Thursday, after speaking to Estrosi by phone earlier. The mayor called the attack
on the church an attack on the Christian world. "The attacker kept repeating
'Allahu Akbar' (God is Great) even while under medication," Estrosi said in a media
briefing outside
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx of the victims of this barbarian," Estrosi said.
Macron arrived in Nice on Thursday, after speaking to Estrosi by phone earlier. The
mayor called the attack on the church an attack on the Christian world. "The
attacker kept repeating 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Great) even while under medication,"
Estrosi said
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx by the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which
announced last month that it would reprint cartoons of Muhammad that are believed
to have sparked a deadly attack on the magazine's offices in 2015. The
re-run was timed to coincide with the start of a trial related to the attack. "We
20. hawaiipublicradio.org.docx French Authorities Investigate Another Gruesome
Attack By Eleanor Beardsley Published October 29, 2020 at 1:42 AM HST DAVID
GREENE, HOST: We are following reports this morning of another attack on the
streets of France. Not quite two weeks ago, an 18-year-old man beheaded a teacher
outside Paris before being shot dead by
06. CNN News.docx HKT) October 29, 2020 Paris (CNN)French President Emmanuel
Macron has said that France "will not give into terrorism," after three people were
killed in a knife attack on a church in Nice. An investigation into the
incident is underway. The stabbings took place in the Mediterranean city's Notre-
Dame Basilica
13. NBCNews.docx the man, 21, entered the country on Oct. 9. Oct. 29, 2020, 4:35
PM WIB / Updated Oct. 30, 2020, 5:20 AM WIB By Saphora Smith, Nancy Ing and PARIS
— The suspect in an attack on a church that left three people dead was
identified by authorities Thursday as a 21-year-old Tunisian national who entered
France earlier this
05. Washington Post.docx about promoting integration but also preventing the
sort of terrorist attacks that have scarred France in recent years. Nice was the
site of a devastating attack on Bastille Day in 2016, when a Tunisian man
living in France intentionally drove into the coastal city’s busy Promenade des
Anglais, killing 86 people.
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx Attack At Church In Nice, France A man used a knife
to kill three peopel at the church. The mayor of Nice calls it an attack
on Christianity. BILL CHAPPELL | POSTED ONOCTOBER 29, 2020, 8:36 AM Updated
at 12:25 p.m. ET A man used a knife to attack people at the Notre Dame
19. NPRNews.docx are. Everything is being linked. You know, Macron says today
France is under attack. And the French do feel that this is very much an attack
on their long-cherished freedoms, free speech, secularism and even, you know,
their tradition of caricatures. So the attacker today is a Tunisian who
06. CNN News.docx of church bells. Ciotti added: "Islamist barbarism will never
silence us!" International condemnation Politicians, officials and organizations
across the world have also condemned the Nice attack. The President of the
European Parliament, David Sassoli, said he was deeply saddened by the incident.
"This pain is felt by all of us
15. ABCNews.docx Nice inhabitants." The bells tolled on Thursday at 3 p.m. in all
the churches of France in homage to the three victims of the knife attack.
The attack comes while France is still reeling from the beheading earlier
this month of French middle school teacher Samuel Paty. The attacker who
06. CNN News.docx suspected attacker but did not kill him, he added. "Very clearly
France is under attack," Macron said, after a visit to the scene of the
attack. The country has raised to its highest "emergency" level, and up
to 4,000 military personnel will be deployed to boost security at schools, churches
and
01. VoANews.docx and whether his act was premeditated. French police have three
people in custody for questioning after they found two telephones on the suspect
after the attack. The first man, age 47, was detained Thursday night after
police reviewed surveillance footage and observed the person next to the attacker
on the day
17. CNBCNews.docx police, as well as bomb squads, were at the scene to ensure no
other threat. Police said the incident was considered to be a terrorist
attack. The national Anti-Terrorist Parquet is now officially in charge
of the investigation. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said via Twitter on Thursday
that the
08. USA TODAY.docx to 7,000 to guard schools and religious sites. French Prime
Minister Jean Castex said the country’s alert level has been elevated to
“emergency” after the attack. The nation’s anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office
also has launched an investigation into the killings. At the same time, tourist
attractions in France,
13. NBCNews.docx began stabbing people, Ricard said. Two women, ages 60 and 44,
and a 55-year-old man who was officiating part of the church service, died in the
attack. The older woman and man suffered serious injuries to their
throats and were found dead inside the basilica, Ricard said. The other woman fled
01. VoANews.docx Widodo said Saturday during a televised news conference in
Jakarta. Tunisian authorities are reportedly investigating whether a group called
the Mahdi Organization carried out the attack. The state news agency TAP
reported Friday investigators were also trying to determine whether the group
exists and that the probe is based on
08. USA TODAY.docx with France against terror and intolerance," he said.
Leaders also expressed solidarity with France. The Turkish Foreign Ministry,
despite political tensions with France, condemned the attack. “ We stand in
solidarity with the people of France against terror and violence,” the statement
said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had accused Macron
10. Chicago Tribune.docx as a sign of mourning and in solidarity with the
families of victims and the Catholics of France.” Turkey’s Foreign Ministry
strongly condemned the attack. “ We stand in solidarity with the people of
France against terror and violence,” the statement said. Relations between Turkey
and France hit a new
16. APNews.docx a sign of mourning and in solidarity with the families of victims
and the Catholics of France.” Turkey’s Foreign Ministry also strongly condemned
the attack. “ We stand in solidarity with the people of France against terror
and violence,” the statement said. Relations between Turkey and France hit a new
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx Islamo-fascism." The French government has raised
its Vigipirate security alert system to emergency levels across the country, Prime
Minister Jean Castex announced after the attack. " We are in mourning," the
church said in a statement. "My sadness is infinite as a human in front of what
other beings, called
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx a deadly attack on the magazine's offices in 2015.
The re-run was timed to coincide with the start of a trial related to the
attack. " We will continue, Professor," Macron said earlier this month,
referring to the slain teacher, Samuel Paty. "We will defend the freedom that you
taught
07. NYTimes.docx similarities to the recent killing of a schoolteacher, which has
shaken the country. By Norimitsu Onishi and Published Oct. 29, 2020Updated Oct. 8,
2021 NICE, France — A terror attack that killed three people in Nice on
Thursday left increasingly embattled at home and abroad, as the government called
for toughening measures against , amid
11. FOXNews.docx under attack.” Macron’s announcement to increase deployments from
around 3,000 currently to 7,000 soldiers to schools and religious sites around the
country came hours after the attack that left two women and a man dead and
several others wounded at the Notre Dame basilica. The killings put France on its
highest
15. ABCNews.docx Emmanuel Macron will travel to Nice later today. By October 30,
2020, 7:57 AM LONDON -- Three people are dead after a series of stabbings in a
"suspected terror attack" that occurred at the Basilica of Notre-Dame in
Nice, , shortly before 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, ABC News can confirm.
France's
08. USA TODAY.docx French church, second beheading in two weeks USA TODAY
Published 06:09 a.m. ET Oct. 29, 2020 Three people were killed at a church in
Nice, France, an attack that the city’s mayor says is an act of terrorism. It
is the third such incident in the nation in two months. It
06. CNN News.docx attack and called on French Muslims to cancel Thursday's
religious celebrations, which mark the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed. "I
strongly condemn the terrorist attack that took place near the Notre-Dame
Basilica in Nice. As a sign of mourning and solidarity with the victims and their
families, I
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx he is mobilizing thousands of soldiers in response to
the threat of terrorism, boosting France's domestic Operation Sentinel security
mission from 3,000 to 7,000 soldiers. The attack took place around 9 a.m.
local time. The mayor said those who died include a woman and a man who worked at
the church
20. hawaiipublicradio.org.docx by police. The alleged killer said he did so
because the teacher had shown offensive caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to his
students. This new attack took place in the southern French city of Nice.
And Eleanor Beardsley is following this from Paris. Hi, Eleanor. ELEANOR BEARDSLEY,
BYLINE: Good morning,
17. CNBCNews.docx Thursday killed three people and wounded several others at a
church in the southern French city of Nice, police have confirmed to NBC news. The
attack took place inside the city’s Notre Dame church at around 9:10
a.m. local time, 4:10 ET a.m. The suspect was injured by police
08. USA TODAY.docx Recep Tayyip Erdogan had accused Macron of anti-Muslim
sentiment and posed questions about his mental fitness after a Charlie Hebdo
illustration of Erdogan. This attack took place less than a half-mile
from Notre Dame Church, where an attacker drove into a crowd during a Bastille Day
celebration in 2016.
06. CNN News.docx and changing his clothes shortly after 8 am local (4 am ET),
according to the prosecutor Ricard. He then walked 400 metres (1,312 feet) to the
church, where the attack took place. Just under 30 minutes later, a team
of four police officers arrived, the prosecutor said. Ricard described the suspect
advancing toward authorities in
16. APNews.docx it is freedom of religion.” Macron left for Nice almost
immediately and, standing before the basilica, said, “Very clearly, it is France
which is under attack.” He added that all of France offered its support to
Catholics “so that their religion can be exercised freely in our country. So that
11. FOXNews.docx and surrounded by police and emergency vehicles. Prime Minister
Jean Castex said the country's threat level will be raised to its maximum after the
attack. He also told the French National Assembly that the government's
response to the attack would be firm and implacable. Mayor Christian Estrosi
suggested
16. APNews.docx a 17-centimeter blade used in the attack was found near him along
with a bag containing another two knives that were not used in the attack.
He had spent some 30 minutes inside the church before police arrived via a
side entrance and “after advancing down a corridor they came face-
19. NPRNews.docx when he spoke on television. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
MOHAMMED MOUSSAOUI: (Speaking French). BEARDSLEY: So he says, we are saddened,
horrified and wounded by this attack. He said, again, it's been a
horrible eruption of terrorism in all of our lives. French Muslims say they respect
French values. They
10. Chicago Tribune.docx attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group,
which also is believed to have recruited a man now on trial for an unsuccessful
plot to attack a church. Nice’s 19th-century basilica Notre Dame de
l’Assomption is the largest church in the city, but smaller and newer than
16. APNews.docx attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group, which also is
believed to have recruited a man now on trial for an unsuccessful plot to attack
a church. ___ Hinnant reported from Paris. Associated Press writers Angela
Charlton and Thomas Adamson and Elaine Ganley in Paris, Zeynep Bilginsoy in
Istanbul and
05. Washington Post.docx be said or created.” Patrick Weil, an expert on the
history of France’s secularism, or laïcité, said the Muhammad caricatures are
permissible because they attack a religion, not a particular group of
individuals. “You can attack a religious authority because it’s not a human person,
it’s a
05. Washington Post.docx of France’s secularism, or laïcité, said the Muhammad
caricatures are permissible because they attack a religion, not a particular group
of individuals. “You can attack a religious authority because it’s not a
human person, it’s a god. But if you attack Muslims as Muslims, you are condemned
13. NBCNews.docx Oct. 9 and had previously been in Lampedusa, an Italian island
that serves as a European entry point for migrants from Africa. Authorities are
investigating the attack as an act of suspected terrorism. Ricard said
the man, who has not been identified and wasn't known to French intelligence
officials, entered
05. Washington Post.docx have their share of religious, human, and moral
values.” Error! Filename not specified. President Trump voiced his support for
France on Thursday, while using the attack as an opportunity to bash his
Democratic opponent, Joe Biden. “Under the Biden plan, the horrifying attacks in
France will come to our cities
15. ABCNews.docx to Bari on Oct. 9, authorities said. It is not clear when he
entered France. French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Nice in response to the
attack as France's Interior Minister said he had opened a "crisis cell
following the events." The country had been attacked "by Islamic terrorists,"
Macron
03. SeattleTimes.docx by a French newspaper mocking the Prophet Muhammad, which
deeply offend Muslims. French imams and other Muslims were among the many who
denounced the Nice attack as having nothing to do with their faith, and
called for calm. The three victims were 55-year-old church warden Vincent Loques, a
father
04. Newsweek.com.docx sharp instrument, reported the Independent. The French
embassy issued a statement saying that he had been taken to hospital with non-life-
threatening injuries. The attack comes while France is still in shock
following the earlier this month. Paty was beheaded by a man who said he wanted to
punish
15. ABCNews.docx The bells tolled on Thursday at 3 p.m. in all the churches of
France in homage to the three victims of the knife attack. 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
13. NBCNews.docx Thursday the country had raised its security alert status to the
highest level, in what police described as ain the southern coastal city. The Nice
attack comes at a time of over the republication of caricatures of the
Prophet Mohammad by the satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo. France has Europe's
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx armed man after he threatened them in the street –
although authorities say that case seems to be unrelated to the attack in Nice.
"The knife attack comes two weeks to the day of the beheading of a French
schoolteacher in a town north of Paris," NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports
01. VoANews.docx of Lampedusa on September 20 and traveled to Paris on October 9.
He said Issaoui was carrying a copy of the Quran. The knife used in the attack
was found near him and two other knives not used in the attack were found in
a bag that belonged to him. French leaders
16. APNews.docx Ricard said the attacker was carrying a copy of Islam’s holy book
and two telephones. A knife with a 17-centimeter blade used in the attack
was found near him along with a bag containing another two knives that were
not used in the attack. He had spent some 30 minutes
01. VoANews.docx the person next to the attacker on the day before the attack. A
second detained subject, 35, suspected of contacting Ibrahim Issaoui, the day
before the attack, was arrested Friday. Macron said earlier in the week he
would increase the number of troops deployed to protect schools and churches from
3,000 to 7,000.
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx day of the beheading of a French schoolteacher in a
town north of Paris," NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports from Paris. "The killer in
that attack was shot dead by police. He was an 18-year-old radicalized
Chechen refugee who was angry that the teacher had shown caricatures of the
02. BostonGlobe.docx a moment of silence Thursday for the victims. The prime
minister rushed from the hall to a crisis center overseeing the aftermath of the
Nice attack. French President Emmanuel Macron was headed to Nice later in the
day. Less than two weeks ago, an assailant decapitated a French middle school
15. ABCNews.docx France on highest security alert after terror attack French
President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Nice later today. By October 30, 2020,
7:57 AM LONDON -- Three people are dead after a series of stabbings in
01. VoANews.docx France, remains in critical condition in a French hospital after
being wounded by police as they arrested him. Three people were killed in
Thursday’s attack. French anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said
a 60-year-old woman was decapitated, and a 55-year-old man, the church sexton, had
his
10. Chicago Tribune.docx Nice attack and later returned to announce the alert
level increase. Macron left for Nice almost immediately. “Very clearly, it is
France which is under attack,” Macron said as he stood before the church. He
added that all of France offered its support to Catholics “so that their religion
can
11. FOXNews.docx the republication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad by the
satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. “It’s very clear that it is France that is
under attack,” Macron said during an address in Nice, adding that “France
will not give up on our values" in what he described as an "Islamist
06. CNN News.docx is investigating the attack. Police arriving on the scene shot
the suspected attacker but did not kill him, he added. "Very clearly France is
under attack," Macron said, after a visit to the scene of the attack. The
country has raised to its highest "emergency" level, and up to 4,000 military
10. Chicago Tribune.docx videos obtained by The Associated Press. For a time
after the attack, explosions could be heard as sappers detonated suspicious
objects. It was the third attack since Charlie Hebdo republished the
caricatures in September as the trial opened for the 2015 attacks at the paper’s
offices and a kosher supermarket.
16. APNews.docx have been ferociously attacked by extremists in recent years.
Thursday’s killings come ahead of the Roman Catholic All Saints’ holiday. It was
the third attack since Charlie Hebdo republished the caricatures in
September as the trial opened for the 2015 attacks at the paper’s offices and a
kosher supermarket.
02. BostonGlobe.docx who were not authorized to be publicly named. France’s
anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into the killings, which
marked the third attack since the opening in September of a terrorism trial
in the January 2015 killings at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher
supermarket. “He
04. Newsweek.com.docx suspect, who has not been named, struck inside the city's
landmark Basilica of Notre-Dame de Nice in what police say is a terror
attack. A police source told Reuters that one woman was decapitated and
two others murdered while several more were injured. Mayor Christian Estrosi said
on
01. VoANews.docx first man, age 47, was detained Thursday night after police
reviewed surveillance footage and observed the person next to the attacker on the
day before the attack. A second detained subject, 35, suspected of
contacting Ibrahim Issaoui, the day before the attack, was arrested Friday. Macron
said earlier in the week he
20. hawaiipublicradio.org.docx said, once again, we are the victims of
Islamofascism he called it. And he says there's no doubt that radical Islam is
behind this attack. And he says one of the people killed was the guardian
- the guard of the church. GREENE: I got to ask you, we're
19. NPRNews.docx by an 18-year-old near Paris two weeks ago? BEARDSLEY: Yes, they
are. Everything is being linked. You know, Macron says today France is under
attack. And the French do feel that this is very much an attack on their
long-cherished freedoms, free speech, secularism and even, you know,
11. FOXNews.docx Macron said during an address in Nice, adding that “France will
not give up on our values" in what he described as an "Islamist terrorist
attack.” " If we are attacked once again it is for the values which are
ours: the freedom, for this possibility on our soil to believe
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx Very clearly, it was France that was attacked,"
French President Emmanuel Macron said outside the church in Nice, after hurrying to
the site of the attack. " If we are attacked another time, it's because of our
values," our freedoms and the ability to believe freely without giving in to
11. FOXNews.docx FRANCE Published October 29, 2020 1:08pm EDT Macron declares
France 'under attack' after church beheading, bolsters security at schools,
religious sites Macron said France 'won't surrender anything,' describing the
killings of three in Nice as
01. VoANews.docx a church in Nice as President Emmanuel Macron tried to ease
tensions in the country. French leaders have termed Thursday’s incident an Islamist
terrorist attack after the perpetrator shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is
Greatest) as he decapitated a woman and killed two others in Notre Dame Basilica in
Nice.
10. Chicago Tribune.docx in several countries and called for a boycott of
French goods. Dozens of Pakistani students rallied in the capital Thursday to
denounce Macron. “With the attack against Samual Paty, it was freedom of
speech that was targeted,” Prime Minister Jean Castex told lawmakers Thursday,
referring to the teacher who was
16. APNews.docx of the right to publish and show them. Muslims have held protests
in several countries and called for a boycott of French goods. “With the attack
against Samual Paty, it was freedom of speech that was targeted,” Prime
Minister Jean Castex told lawmakers Thursday, referring to the teacher who was
10. Chicago Tribune.docx republished the caricatures in September as the trial
opened for the 2015 attacks at the paper’s offices and a kosher supermarket. The
gunmen in that attack claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group and al-
Qaida, which both recently called anew for strikes against France. A verdict is
planned for
16. APNews.docx republished the caricatures in September as the trial opened for
the 2015 attacks at the paper’s offices and a kosher supermarket. The gunmen in
that attack claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, which
both recently called anew for strikes against France. A verdict is planned for
13. NBCNews.docx French authorities say suspect in Nice church attack is a
Tunisian national French authorities said the man, 21, entered the country on Oct.
9. Oct. 29, 2020, 4:35 PM WIB / Updated Oct. 30, 2020, 5:20 AM WIB By Saphora
Smith,
12. USNews.docx and they are not looking for any additional suspects. France's
anti-terrorism prosecutor's office will investigate the killings. The location of
Thursday's attack is half a mile from the site of another violent incident in
2016 in which a man plowed a truck into a crowd gathered to
12. USNews.docx officials say. Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi told a local
television outlet that the attacker, who was wounded by police and hospitalized,
repeatedly shouted during the attack, " Allah Akbar!" a common expression
among Muslims that means "God is great" but also one that has been associated with
extremists acts in recent
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx 3 Dead In Apparent Terrorist Knife Attack At
Church In Nice, France A man used a knife to kill three peopel at the church. The
mayor of Nice calls it an
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx on Wednesday. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said
the group "incited hatred," maintained ties to the radical Islamist movement, and
justified terrorist acts. After Thursday's attack, BarakaCity issued a
statement saying it is "horrified" by the violence, expressing its support for the
victims. This is a breaking news story. Some
20. hawaiipublicradio.org.docx French Authorities Investigate Another Gruesome
Attack By Eleanor Beardsley Published October 29, 2020 at 1:42 AM HST
DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are following reports this morning of another attack on the
streets of
06. CNN News.docx France 'will not give into terrorism' says Macron, after three
stabbed to death in church attack ( CNN) By Barbara Wojazer, Zamira Rahim and
Tara John, CNN Updated 2247 GMT (0647 HKT) October 29, 2020 Paris (CNN)French
President Emmanuel Macron has said that France "
10. Chicago Tribune.docx 3 killed in knife attack at church in Nice, France,
the 3rd such attack in 2 months: ‘Very clearly, it is France which is under
attack’ ( Chicago Tribune) By LORI HINNANT and DANIEL COLE Associated Press
• Oct 30, 2020 at 2:03 pm The attacks, which took place around noon on Rue Nicolas
Appert,
05. Washington Post.docx We are obliged to fight for them, whatever we think
of them.” Error! Filename not specified. French President Emmanuel Macron visits
the scene of the attack. ( Eric Gaillard/Pool/Reuters) The string of attacks in
France has additionally given impetus to Macron’s plans , mostly by targeting
foreign funding received
07. NYTimes.docx Aucler, a retired tax adviser, said that the beheading of the
teacher and Thursday’s killing were evidence that pillars of French society were
under attack. “ It is clear that there is a religion that is trying to take
over our principles,” Mr. Aucler said, adding, “The French are very
11. FOXNews.docx religious sites Thursday after three churchgoers were killed,
including one woman reportedly decapitated, in a in the southern city of , saying
that “France is under attack.” Macron’s announcement to increase deployments
from around 3,000 currently to 7,000 soldiers to schools and religious sites around
the country came hours after the attack
12. USNews.docx France Declares National Emergency After Nice Attack Marks
Third in 2 Months Tied to Muslim Extremists An assailant tied to Muslim extremists
fatally stabbed three people as the government grapples with what
05. Washington Post.docx a particular group of individuals. “You can attack a
religious authority because it’s not a human person, it’s a god. But if you attack
Muslims as Muslims, you are condemned by the courts,” he said. “Of course,
the distinction is sometimes complicated.” In fact, the French government has
15. ABCNews.docx Nice to avoid the area to let the police and emergency services
work," the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, said in a tweet following the
attack. " Nice has paid too much of a price, like our country in recent
years," he added. "I call on the unity of Nice inhabitants."
06. CNN News.docx our citizen. United in face of terror and hatred," he said on
Twitter. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt also condemned Thursday's deadly knife
attack. On Thursday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said the country
"strongly condemns" the Nice attack and offered "condolences to the relatives of
those who lost
06. CNN News.docx stabbed several times before she fled the church. She died at a
nearby restaurant. The attack took 28 minutes, said Ricard, whose office is
investigating the attack. Police arriving on the scene shot the suspected
attacker but did not kill him, he added. "Very clearly France is under attack,"
Macron said,
11. FOXNews.docx beheading, bolsters security at schools, religious sites Macron
said France 'won't surrender anything,' describing the killings of three in Nice as
an 'Islamic terrorist attack' President bolstered security in schools and
religious sites Thursday after three churchgoers were killed, including one woman
reportedly decapitated, in a in the southern
05. Washington Post.docx prosecutor said. A copy of the Koran was found in the
suspect’s possession, as well as a nearly 12-inch knife apparently used in the
attack, Ricard said, adding that two other knives were found in the
church. The French media additionally reported Thursday that police fatally shot a
man
15. ABCNews.docx streets of Nice and around the cathedral, which is the largest
church in the city. Controlled explosions also took place in Nice following the
morning attack. Several people are also reported to have been injured in
the terror, but it is unclear how many and the extent of their injuries. "
16. APNews.docx extremists, including who had shown caricatures of the Prophet
Muhammad in class after the images were re-published by a satirical newspaper
targeted in a 2015 attack. Thursday’s attacker was seriously wounded by
police and hospitalized in life-threatening condition after the killings at the
Notre Dame Basilica. The imposing
03. SeattleTimes.docx be publicly named according to judicial policy. Their
connection to the attack remains unclear. A previously unknown Tunisian extremist
group claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attack. Tunisian and French
authorities are investigating whether the claim is legitimate. ANGELA CHARLTON
06. CNN News.docx Minister Jean Castex said. An "emergency" level means the
"maximum level of vigilance" is necessary in case of an imminent threat or
immediately after an attack, according to a French government website.
Castex added that the government's response would be "firm, implacable, and
immediate." The French Bishop's Council
08. USA TODAY.docx an ongoing, the French satirical newspaper that published
the controversial caricatures. 'Boycott France': Christian Estrosi, Nice’s
mayor, said the church killings were a "terrorist" attack, adding: “The
meaning of his gesture left no doubt.” One victim, according to a report by , was
said by the mayor to be “virtually
12. USNews.docx analysts consider ‘a debate over the identity of the country.’ By
Paul D. Shinkman | Oct. 29, 2020, at 10:03 a.m. France's prime minister raised the
national attack alert to "emergency" on Thursday following a knife attack
in the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed three – a dramatic step in the
aftermath
06. CNN News.docx particular has been the target of terror in the past; in 2016,
dozens died after an ISIS-inspired attacker plowed a 20-ton truck into crowds. The
attack also comes at a tense moment in France, which will go under a
renewed coronavirus lockdown on Friday, and just weeks after a high
11. FOXNews.docx to be acting alone, was injured during his arrest and was taken
to a local area hospital, police said. An investigation was opened into an attack
by the French anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office. Images on French media
showed the neighborhood locked down and surrounded by police and emergency
vehicles.
05. Washington Post.docx President Emmanuel Macron referred to as "an Islamist
terror attack" and which prompted the country to raise its security alert to the
highest level. The attack came amid tensions over cartoons denigrating
the prophet Muhammad, and it echoes the beheading less than two weeks ago of a
suburban Paris teacher
15. ABCNews.docx A Biden-Harris administration will work with our allies and
partners to prevent extremist violence in all forms," the tweet read. With regard
to the attack carried out in the Cathedral of Nice, the Director of the
Press Office of the Holy See in the Vatican, Matteo Bruni, stated the
17. CNBCNews.docx the Interior Ministry. He said a police operation was in progress
and urged people to stay away from the area and follow the instructions. The
attack comes 13 days after French middle school teacher Samuel Paty, 47,
was killed in Paris. The history teacher was decapitated by an 18-year-old after
showing
03. SeattleTimes.docx Saints’ Day, when many Christians around the world honor
the dead. Priests in the Saint-Sulpice Church in Paris and elsewhere in France
mentioned the attack during their All Saints’ services, which were
exceptionally allowed to go ahead despite a new monthlong virus lockdown that
started Friday in France. Riot
15. ABCNews.docx Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and the injury
of 458 others. The driver was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian living in
France. The attack ended following an exchange of gunfire, during which
Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot and killed by police. The Nice church where Thursday’s
knife attack
10. Chicago Tribune.docx grandiose doors to the church appeared to fire at the
attacker inside, according to videos obtained by The Associated Press. For a time
after the attack, explosions could be heard as sappers detonated suspicious
objects. It was the third attack since Charlie Hebdo republished the caricatures in
September as the
01. VoANews.docx the perpetrator shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) as he
decapitated a woman and killed two others in Notre Dame Basilica in Nice.
Thursday’s attack followed the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty earlier this
month after the republication of the Prophet Muhammad by the Paris-based satirical
weekly Charlie
05. Washington Post.docx convictions, should be avoided,” said President
Jacques Chirac in 2006, speaking after Charlie Hebdo had published its first set of
Muhammad caricatures. But the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack forced a hardening
of convictions, said Gérard Araud, France’s former ambassador to the United States.
It backed the government into a corner. “We
15. ABCNews.docx Matteo Bruni, stated the following: "It is a moment of pain, in a
time of confusion. Terrorism and violence can never be accepted. Today's attack
has sown death in a place of love and consolation, like the house of the
Lord. The Pope is informed of the situation and
07. NYTimes.docx on secularism and free expression, angering some Muslims,
including the 18-year-old man, a complete stranger, who sought him out and killed
him. Thursday’s attack held disturbing echoes of that murder, and it
immediately fortified calls among some French authorities for even tougher measures
that could further polarize the
16. APNews.docx Paris to recall its ambassador to Turkey for consultations.
Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, said in a tweet: “We strongly condemn today’s
terrorist attack in #Nice.” In an apparent reference to the caricatures, he
tweeted that “This escalating vicious cycle -- hate speech, provocations & violence
-- must be replaced by
10. Chicago Tribune.docx 3 killed in knife attack at church in Nice, France,
the 3rd such attack in 2 months: ‘Very clearly, it is France which is
under attack’ (Chicago Tribune) By LORI HINNANT and DANIEL COLE Associated Press •
Oct 30, 2020 at 2:03 pm
05. Washington Post.docx After knife attack kills three at church in
Nice, Macron says France will not give in to terrorism (Washington) By October
29, 2020 at 5:59 p.m. EDT Three dead
06. CNN News.docx the suspect, the country's Public Prosecutor's Office said
Thursday according to state-run TAP news. Raised terror level The aftermath of
Thursday's attack led to France raising its terror alert level to
"emergency," French Prime Minister Jean Castex said. An "emergency" level means the
"maximum level of
13. NBCNews.docx belief." "We will not give any ground," he added. Macron's
announcement to increase deployments from around 3,000 troops to 7,000 came hours
after the suspected terror attack left the European country reeling.
France's prime minister Jean Castex also said Thursday the country had raised its
security alert status to the
05. Washington Post.docx a person and legitimize violence,” said a statement
released by Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “It is clear that those who
organized a brutal attack like this one in a holy place of worship do not
have their share of religious, human, and moral values.” Error! Filename not
specified.
09. NY Post.docx by police. French police brought 10 people in for questioning,
including one of Anzorov’s grandparents, his parents and a 17-year-old brother.
Investigators labeled the attack murder with a suspected terrorist motive.
Muslims believe any depiction of the prophet is blasphemous. With Post wires
15. ABCNews.docx The attack ended following an exchange of gunfire, during which
Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot and killed by police. The Nice church where Thursday’s
knife attack occurred is located less than a mile from the site in 2016.
In 2015, there was another stabbing in Nice outside a Jewish Center when three
12. USNews.docx forced France to grapple with its fiercely secular society.
Macron said earlier this month in the aftermath of the beheading that it amounted
to an attack on "freedom of expression, freedom of conscience and the
right of blasphemy." France has in recent years imposed legal restrictions on
religious attire to
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx mayor of Nice calls it an attack on Christianity.
BILL CHAPPELL | POSTED ONOCTOBER 29, 2020, 8:36 AM Updated at 12:25 p.m. ET A man
used a knife to attack people at the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France,
Thursday, killing three people, authorities say. Several more were injured. Police
have arrested a suspect,
14. CBSNews.docx heightened tensions in France, sparking countrywide rallies in
support of freedom of speech. An anti-Islamist statement by Emmanuel Macron in the
aftermath of that attack prompted calls across the Muslim world — led by
Turkey — to boycott French goods. France reacted by recalling its ambassador in
Ankara. A subsequent cartoon
17. CNBCNews.docx teacher was decapitated by an 18-year-old after showing his
pupils caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The attacker was shot dead by
police. The attack provoked global condemnation, with demonstrators in
France taking part in gatherings in support of freedom of speech. Caricatures of
Prophet Muhammad are considered blasphemous
03. SeattleTimes.docx police as part of the investigation, said the official, who
was not authorized to be publicly named according to judicial policy. Their
connection to the attack remains unclear. A previously unknown Tunisian
extremist group claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attack. Tunisian and French
authorities are investigating whether the claim is
11. FOXNews.docx the French National Assembly that the government's response to
the attack would be firm and implacable. Mayor Christian Estrosi suggested that
the Thursday morning attack seemed to be terror-related, although a motive
is unclear at this time. Estrosi said the attacker shouted “Allahu akbar!” -- or
"God is most
07. NYTimes.docx Tunisian who has been studying art history in Nice for two years,
said she was concerned about the atmosphere of the last few days. “This attack
shocks me, it’s disgusting and like everyone else I condemn it, but we must
not lump together Muslims and terrorists,” she said. Ms.
15. ABCNews.docx train station for about 90 minutes before arriving at the
Basilica of Notre-Dame at around 8:30 a.m., Ricard said. Four police officers
intervened in the attack shortly before 9 a.m. According to Ricard, the
suspect shouted "Allahu akbar" as he came toward police, who first used a stun gun
and
14. CBSNews.docx French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he would more
than double number of soldiers deployed to protect against attacks — from
approximately 3,000 to 7,000. During Thursday's attack, the assailant
reportedly cried out "Allahu akbar," Nice's mayor, Christian Estrosi, said. The
attacker, who was injured while being arrested, was taken to
06. CNN News.docx the throat. The third casualty, a 44-year-old woman, was stabbed
several times before she fled the church. She died at a nearby restaurant. The
attack took 28 minutes, said Ricard, whose office is investigating the
attack. Police arriving on the scene shot the suspected attacker but did not kill
him,
03. SeattleTimes.docx French churches honor Nice attack victims; 6
detained Nov. 1, 2020 at 7:52 am Updated Nov. 1, 2020 at 4:42 pm By The
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Churches around France held Sunday services honoring
three people
01. VoANews.docx was carrying a copy of the Quran. The knife used in the attack
was found near him and two other knives not used in the attack were found
in a bag that belonged to him. French leaders have termed Thursday’s incident an
Islamist terrorist attack and raised the country’
11. FOXNews.docx to condemn the “heinous” attack in France and pledged solidarity
in Europe “in the face of barbarism and fanaticism.” “I condemn the odious and
brutal attack which has just taken place in Nice and am wholeheartedly
with France. My thoughts are with the victims of this heinous act,” she said
18. HoustonPublicMedia.docx high-profile stance sparked outrage in parts of the
Muslim world, setting off a diplomatic feud between France and Turkey. Turkey's
government condemned the attack, with İsmail Hakkı Musa, Turkey's
ambassador to France, calling it an odious act of terrorism committed through
cowardice. Tensions in France also include
11. FOXNews.docx threat level will be raised to its maximum after the attack. He
also told the French National Assembly that the government's response to the
attack would be firm and implacable. Mayor Christian Estrosi suggested
that the Thursday morning attack seemed to be terror-related, although a motive is
unclear