Early reports from Nice, France, say there has been a lethal terror attack at a church.
BREAKING: One person has been killed and several injured following a knife attack in Nice, France. pic.twitter.com/TN7PvAsUIp
— DW News (@dwnews) October 29, 2020
This video shows some of the panic right after the attack:
https://twitter.com/ISCResearch/status/1321737648172576769
An early report of the beheading:
https://twitter.com/MeghUpdates/status/1321736224030117888
A photo from the scene of the crime:
Des événements très graves se déroulent actuellement près de l’église Notre dame de Nice.
Soutien aux forces de sécurité.
Évitez le secteur ! pic.twitter.com/MUuxnNqsmM
— Eric Ciotti (@ECiotti) October 29, 2020
The Muslims have been boycotting the French after Macron refused to denounce an insult to Muhammed. This might be related to that. It was after a teacher was beheaded by a Muslim for citing cartoons of Muhammed in his classroom. Instead of denouncing the terrorist, Muslims are angry at the cartoons. There have been a lot of angry rhetoric pointed at Macron and at the French.
UPDATE: There are reports saying there were two fatalities, one woman beheaded. Here’s a photo of the Notre Dame church in Nice:
Two Catholic worshippers have been murdered by Islamic terrorists inside Notre Dame Church in Nice, France this morning.
Early reports suggest that a woman was beheaded by the Muslim terrorist. pic.twitter.com/HonSQaNMk0
— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) October 29, 2020
More video from down the street from the church:
https://twitter.com/LFC_blano/status/1321740516061569025
Pretty horrible.
UPDATE 2: Now seeing some reports that three people have died, and others were injured. Also that the woman who was beheaded was an elderly woman. These are still early reports and can be inaccurate:
https://twitter.com/TheWolfpackIN/status/1321743357652226048
UPDATE 3:
Reuters is now confirming many of the details being reported on social media:
A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, in an incident the city’s mayor described as terrorism.
Mayor Christian Estrosi said on Twitter the knife attack had happened in or near the city’s Notre Dame church and that police had detained the attacker.
Police said three people were confirmed to have died in the attack and several were injured.
A police source said a woman was decapitated. French politician Marine Le Pen also spoke of a decapitation having occurred in the attack.
They also made the connection to the murder of the history teacher I mentioned above.
UPDATE 4:
One report says the terrorist yelled “Allahu Akbar.”
The Catholic woman beheaded while she attended Mass this morning in Nice, France was in her 70s.
The terrorist shouted 'Allahu Akbar' before beheading her and another Catholic, before then stabbing another Catholic to death. pic.twitter.com/SxlkwAs0nP
— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) October 29, 2020
UPDATE 6:
There’s a photo from inside the church.
Nice terror attack: 'Woman beheaded inside church' as three dead in knife attack frenzy and several injured.
Incident occurred at around 9am near the Notre-Dame church in Nice, France.
The attacker kept shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) even after arrest.#Nice #France pic.twitter.com/ls3AX8V9KO
— Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन (@Geeta_Mohan) October 29, 2020
UPDATE 7:
Much more information available a day later.
https://twitter.com/goyalsanjeev/status/1322029427010629632
I’ll update as more details are released.