Three Killed In Terrorist Attack On French Church In Nice

Daily Mail: France under attack: Jihadist murders three worshippers – including two who were beheaded – INSIDE Nice church + Gunman screaming 'Allahu Akbar' is shot dead by cops in Avignon + French consulate worker is stabbed in Saudi Arabia

* Two terror attacks have hit France, the first at the Notre Dame cathedral in Nice and the second in Avignon

* Knifeman beheaded two people - an elderly female parishioner and a male church warden - at 9am in Nice, fatally stabbed a second woman and wounded others before being shot and arrested by police

* Two hours later man armed with a handgun and shouting Allahu Akbar was shot and killed by cops in Avignon

* Meanwhile a guard at the French consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was stabbed and wounded by a knifeman

* Attacks come after Macron sparked fury by defending cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, and on the day that Sunni Muslims mark the Prophet's birthday

France has been struck by two terror attacks within hours of each other as three people were killed - two of them beheaded - in an attack inside a cathedral in Nice before a gunman was shot dead by police in Avignon.

The first attack began around 9am at the Notre Dame cathedral in Nice where a knifeman beheaded an elderly female parishioner and a male church warden, fatally stabbed a second woman, wounded several others, and was then shot and arrested by police.

Two hours later, a gunman threatened people on the streets of Avignon - 120 miles from Nice - while shouting 'Allahu Akbar' before he was fatally shot by police.

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More News On Today's Terror Attack In France

LIVE: Three people killed, several hurt in knife attack at church in Nice -- France 24

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Anti-terrorism prosecutors launch probe into Nice attack -- France 24

Three dead as woman beheaded in France, gunman killed in second incident -- Reuters Deadly knife attack near church in French city of Nice leaves three dead -- DW

Knife attacker in Nice kills three people -- The Guardian

Knife attack at French church leaves 3 dead, alert level raised to maximum -- FOX News

Three killed in 'terrorist attack' on French church, local mayor says -- CNN

France: 3 killed by attacker shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ in suspected ‘terrorist attack’ at Nice church -- RT

France raises national terror alert system to MAXIMUM level after Nice church attack -- RT

Analysis: French terror attacks appear linked, but not coordinated -- France 24