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In the center of Nice, many worshipers attended the first All Saints Mass in the church of Voeu, surrounded by armed soldiers.

Brazilian Simone Barreto, one of the victims of the terrorist attack in the basilica, will be buried in the same country where the attack occurred.

“I was afraid, I was afraid to come,” Claudia, 49, who, reassured by the presence of the security forces, finally decided to attend the religious ceremony told AFP.

The mobilization of the security forces has been reinforced throughout France, which is under the utmost vigilance against attacks.

Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi will accompany a ceremony Sunday night at the Notre-Dame de Asunción basilica, the place where three worshipers were killed Thursday in a knife attack.

All Saints Day, one of the main Catholic dates, celebrates known and unknown saints on November 1. On the 2nd, Finados, prayers are directed to the deceased, with visits to the cemeteries.

Despite the new confinement decreed in the country by the Covid-19 pandemic, the government authorized the services until Monday. Subsequently, masses with the public will be suspended for a month.

Six people were arrested in connection with the investigation of Thursday’s attack in Nice, a judicial source said. The attacker, Brahim Issaoui, a 21-year-old Tunisian, seriously injured by police officers during his arrest, is hospitalized and, due to his health, has not yet been questioned.

Interior Minister Gérald Damanin said the attacker had been in the country for a few hours. “He obviously came here to kill. How do you explain why he was armed with several knives as soon as he arrived?” Damanin said.

The National Antiterrorist Prosecutor’s Office is trying to determine if the criminal had accomplices to carry out the “Islamist terrorist” attack, in the words of French President Emmanuel Macron.

The author of the attacks had a criminal record for minor offenses. He left Tunis in mid-September. Tunisian Prime Minister Hachem Mechichi has called on the Ministers of the Interior and Justice to cooperate fully with the French authorities.

He reportedly arrived in Nice on Tuesday after passing through the Italian island of Lampedusa and was caught by security cameras near the basilica on the eve of the attacks.

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