Two dead and several wounded: this is the result of a knife attack that took place Thursday, October 29 in Nice (south of France), near the Notre-Dame basilica.
One person was fatally slaughtered and several others were injured by an individual with a knife who was arrested, we learned from police and government sources.
The facts took place around 9 a.m. near the Notre-Dame basilica, a police source added.
The Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, announced on Twitter the holding of a "crisis meeting", place Beauvau.
Minute of silence in the Assembly
According to the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, "everything suggests a terrorist attack".
A minute of silence was observed in the National Assembly, in the presence of the Prime Minister, in tribute to the victims of the Nice attack, just after Jean Castex's speech on the reconfinement.
The meeting was then suspended by the President of the Assembly, Richard Ferrand.
With AFP
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