The city of Nice in southeastern France was the scene of a slash and burn in the cathedral this morning, October 29, killing three people and injuring many others. The suspect, a Tunisian immigrant, was shot and wounded during the arrest and taken to the hospital for emergency treatment. Macron announced an increase in anti-terrorist patrols.
This morning around 9:00 a.m., a man slashed people in and around the Cathedral of the Assumption in Nice, killing three known people and injuring many others. Of the dead, the first woman had her throat slit by the killer in the Cathedral of the Assumption, and some online media reported that she was brutally beheaded. The second victim was a man who was severely wounded by the killer with a knife and died from his injuries. The third victim was a woman who was killed after hiding in a coffee bar in front of the cathedral.
The French National Police and the Nice City Police were involved in apprehending the murderer. The murderer was shot and taken to the hospital in critical condition. AFP cited a 21-year-old Tunisian immigrant who landed in Europe via the Italian island of Lampedusa in late September and arrived in France around the beginning of October. But judicial sources interviewed by AFP believe the attacker has not been officially identified. The man, who identified himself as Brahim Aouissaoui, was quarantined in Italy and asked to leave the country. He did not apply for asylum after his arrival in France. He only had documents from the Italian Red Cross on him.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Nice crime scene this afternoon, referring to the slashings as an attack on the French state. Macron announced a plan to increase the number of troops to 7,000 from the current 3,000 soldiers in the “Sentinel” anti-terrorist patrols on the streets.
The French National Anti-Terrorist Office opened a case for “murder” and “attempted murder”. The suspect repeatedly shouted “Allah is Great” (Allahou akbar) in front of the cathedral, according to police sources cited by Le Monde. According to AFP, the killer also shouted “Allah is Great” at the time of his arrest and at the hospital.
The Elysee Palace announced the arrival of President Macron in Nice in the late afternoon, where the murders took place. French Interior Minister Jean-Marie Dammannin immediately increased surveillance of religious sites and cemeteries across the country. French Prime Minister Castel announced the upgrading of Le Plan Vigipirate and a state of “urgence attentat” was declared throughout France.
On October 16, Patti, a French history teacher, was beheaded and killed by a Chechen Islamist for showing a cartoon of the Prophet of Islam in his classroom while speaking about freedom of speech. The incident shocked France. French President Emmanuel Macron, who held a state funeral for the teacher, stated that he would not give in to Islamism and set out to clean up the country’s Islamic extremists, especially by removing Islamic influence from schoolyards, but was met with a collective siege by the Islamic world.
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