One person was killed and others wounded in a knife attack near a church in the French city of Nice

 French media reported that one person was killed and others wounded in a knife attack near a church in the French city of Nice.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanen said that the French police are carrying out an operation in the area of ​​the attack, indicating that a crisis cell meeting is being held in the Ministry of the Interior to follow up on the incident.

The French police called, via Twitter, of citizens to move away from the center of the town of Notre-Dame-Ville in the city of Nice, in the south of the country.

For his part, the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrozzi, announced on his Twitter account: "A person was arrested after a knife attack in the city," noting that "the attack near the church is a terrorist act."

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