France: 3 killed, woman beheaded in a Knife attack at a church in Nice | Oneindia News

Terror has gripped France as Weeks after the knife attack of the Paris teacher, another knife attack has taken place in the French city Nice.

A knifeman killed three people and injured several others in an attack inside a church in Nice in France.

The killings happened at 9am on Thursday morning inside the Notre-Dame basilica in the city centre.

A woman victim has been beheaded.

Police described the scene as a vision of horror.

The attacker was shot and injured by police and was taken to hospital.

The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, said the attacker had repeated “Allahu Akbar” several times while he was being arrested and handcuffed by police.

He said a woman victim had been decapitated but he had no details of how the two others were killed.

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