A source in the French police announced that security had taken control of a man who threatened its men with two knives in Paris, stressing that the incident did not leave any injuries, while the Defense Council in France is preparing to hold a meeting on Friday after the attack in which 3 people were killed in a church in Nice and sparked a widespread wave of discontent in the country and abroad. .

A young man armed with a knife killed 3 people Thursday morning within minutes in the Notre-Dame de L'Assomption church in the heart of Nice, southeast France.

The two victims are two women, one of whom is 60 years old and the other 40 years old and of Brazilian citizenship, in addition to a 55-year-old person.

On Friday morning, the French police announced the arrest of a man suspected of being linked to the attack that took place yesterday.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanan said that there was a possibility of more attacks on French soil.

"We are at war and against an external and internal enemy, and against Islamist ideology," he added.

But he saw no need to change the constitution to protect the French from terrorist attacks.

Be careful

And the police chief in the French city of Nice said Friday that Christian and French government sites are vulnerable to militant attacks.

"We are in a situation where the terrorist threat is expanding more and more. Any symbol of the Republic or Christianity is a potential target," Richard Janotti told Reuters.

"We have to be careful. We have to pay attention," he added.

With 3,300 security cameras on the streets, Janotti said the police footage would be of critical importance to investigators.

"The investigators will use all our video recordings, and this will play a crucial role in assisting the investigators," he said.

The anti-terrorism prosecutor in charge of the investigation, Jean-Francois Ricard, told reporters that the bomber of the Nice attack yesterday, who was seriously wounded by the police and taken to hospital, is a 21-year-old Tunisian who arrived in France in October after landing on an island. Italy's Lampedusa on September 20.

A judicial source announced that a 47-year-old man, suspected of being related to him, was arrested under police investigation Thursday evening.

But a source close to the file called for caution about the nature of their exchanges.

Tunisia, which strongly condemned the attack, also announced the opening of an investigation.

Ricard said that investigators found near the attacker in Nice two Korans, two phones and the murder weapon, which is "a 30-centimeter-long knife with a blade of 17 cm long."

Vigibirat plan

On Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron condemned the "Islamic terrorist attack" and announced the reinforcement of the "Vigibirat" security plan, raising the number of soldiers who patrol the streets from 3,000 to 7,000.

"In France, there is only one society, which is the national community. I want to say to all our citizens, regardless of their religion, whether they believe or not, that we must in these moments unite and not succumb to the spirit of division," the French president added.

The Nice attack took place nearly two weeks after the assassination of a university professor in the Paris region after showing offensive cartoons of the Messenger of God, Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, in a classroom on freedom of expression.

Macron has since promised that France will not abandon the fees.

His statements sparked a crisis with the Islamic world, as protests and calls increased for a boycott of French products.

Convictions

Several Islamic countries, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran, condemned the Nice attack "strongly", and Tunisia, on its part, expressed "its solidarity with the government and the French people."

As for the Vatican, it declared that "terrorism and violence cannot be accepted at all."

"It is a moment of pain in a time of confusion," said his spokesman Matteo Bruni, stressing that Pope Francis "prays for the victims and their loved ones."