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A family lights candles on the outskirts of Notre Dame in Nice.
A third person has been brought in for questioning in connection with the alleged terrorist attack in Nice, French media report. It is suspected that he was in contact with the perpetrator of the attack the day before the event.
The man is reported to be in his 30s and lives in Nice.
– We are trying to find out what his role is in all this, says a police source to the AFP news agency.
It was Thursday morning when a 21-year-old man, armed with a knife, entered the Notre Dame church in the center of Nice. He stabbed several people, three of whom died in the attack, before the police shot him. He is now being treated in hospital with serious injuries. The act is classified as an Islamist terrorist attack.
On Thursday, a 47-year-old man was arrested and heard. He is also suspected of having contact with the 21-year-old just before the attack.
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