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The stabbing in a church in Nice, France, is receiving international attention. Below are some facts related to this brutal incident.
Reported AFPThe brutal murder took place just two weeks after a French teacher was beheaded outside his school north of Paris by a Chechen man.
The teacher was killed after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students during a lesson on freedom of expression.
Here are some facts about the brutal stabbing in Nice:
1. The attack took place in the morning
On Thursday (10/29) at 8:29 am French time, a man armed with a knife began attacking people praying inside the Basilica of Notre-Dame church in the heart of Nice.
French counterterrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard told a press conference that the attacker had a copy of the Koran and three knives with him.
In nearly half an hour of chaos at the Notre-Dame basilica, the attackers used a 12-inch knife to cut the throat of a 60-year-old grandmother inside the church. The victim died at the scene.
The body of a man, a 55-year-old church goer, was found nearby in the church, also having his throat cut.
Another woman who was attacked, who fled the church to a nearby restaurant, died shortly after from multiple knife wounds.
The murderer was shot and disabled by the police who rushed to the scene. Even when he was arrested, the man kept shouting “Allah Akbar” until the police shot him and took him to hospital.
