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The third victim of the attack on the Nice church has been named as Nadine Devillers, 60 years old.
Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi made the announcement on social media on Saturday morning.
The other two victims of the attack They were the mother of three children Simone Barreto-Silva, 44, and church worker Vincent Loques, 55.
It came when Reuters reported that a third person had been arrested in connection with the Notre Dame church killings.
The detained person is said to be a 35-year-old Nice resident suspected of meeting the alleged attacker the day before the atrocity.
A police source told Reuters that the latest arrest took place on Friday.
the two previously arrested They were the suspect Brahim Aouissaoui, 21, and a 47-year-old man, who was arrested on suspicion of having been in contact with Aouissaoui.
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French President Emmanuel Macron deployed thousands of soldiers to protect sites, including places of worship and schools, after the attack.
Aouissaoui was reportedly unknown to security services, having arrived in Europe by boat last month.
Tensions have risen in France over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, which Muslims say are offensive.
The attack in Nice happened almost two weeks later Samuel Paty – a teacher in Paris – was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen after showing students a cartoon in a lesson on freedom of expression.
French President Emmanuel Macron said his country ‘will not give ground’
The dispute over representations of the Prophet Muhammad has sparked protests around the world in countries such as Lebanon, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Somalia, with calls for a boycott of French products.
After the attack, President Macron said that the country had been attacked “for our values, for our taste for freedom, for the ability on our soil to have freedom of belief.”
