Officials: French church attack suspect faces terror charges
Paris, FranceAP French authorities said Monday that the main suspect behind October’s deadly Nice church attack has been handed terror murder charges. Brahim Issaoui’s health had impeded authorities’ ability to question him. Issaoui was seriously wounded by police following the attack, and remained hospitalised in life-threatening condition for some time. But on Monday a communique […]
French churches honour Nice attack victims; six detained
Paris, FranceAP Churches around France held Sunday services honoring three people killed in an Islamic extremist attack at Notre Dame Basilica in the city of Nice that pushed the country into high security alert, while police questioned six suspects in the case. Nice Archbishop Andre Marceau was preparing for a special nighttime service in the […]
France mourns three killed in church attack, tightens security
Nice/Paris, FranceAP Mourners lit candles and prayed silently Friday to honor three people killed in a knife attack at a church, as France heightened security at potential targets at home and abroad amid outrage over its defense of the right to publish cartoons mocking the prophet of Islam. The attacker, who recently arrived in Europe […]
After Nice attacks, Pope Francis and French Catholics call for peace with Muslims
Vatican CityRNS After a man killed three people on Thursday at the Catholic cathedral in Nice, France, Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the French Catholic community, offering prayers for the victims as well as wishes that “the beloved French people may respond united for good against evil”. The attack, one of three on Thursday […]
Updated: Tunisian man beheads woman, kills two more people in Nice church
Last updated: 12.45pm, 30th October, 2020 (AEDT)Paris/Nice, FranceReuters A knife-wielding Tunisian man shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“God is Greatest”) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday before being shot and taken away by police. President Emmanuel Macron said France would deploy thousands more soldiers […]