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Almost six weeks after the attack on a church in Nice with three dead, the alleged perpetrator has been charged with terrorist murders.

The 21-year-old Tunisian Brahim Aouissaoui was interrogated and taken into custody, as the anti-terrorist prosecutor in Paris announced on Monday. 

On October 29, the assassin brutally murdered two women and the sexton of the Basilica of Nice with a knife.

When he was arrested, he shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) several times.

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke of an "Islamist terrorist attack" shortly after the crime. 

Aouissaoui is also suspected of "membership in a terrorist group".

According to the investigators, photos related to the Islamic State (IS) jihadist militia were found in his cell phone.

In an audio file, the suspect describes France as a "land of infidels".

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The suspect was meanwhile in mortal danger and could not be questioned for weeks.

He was shot by security forces after the crime and was taken to hospital seriously injured.

There he tested positive for the corona virus and moved to a clinic in the greater Paris area at the beginning of the month.

At times his life was in danger.

The public prosecutor's office did not provide any information about his health.

However, it can be assumed that this has improved.

Crackdown on Islamists

The Tunisian had illegally entered France via the refugee route via Italy.

French President Emmanuel Macron then called for the Schengen rules to be tightened.

After the attacks on the church in Nice and the murder of a teacher near Paris, the French government stepped up its crackdown on alleged Islamists.

Macron had announced that he would fight radical Islamism where it caught young people - for example in radical mosques, outside of school or on the Internet.

Last week, the French interior minister announced a review of 76 mosques and other places of worship that are suspected of being retreats for Islamists.