After the knife attack in Nice, which left three dead, the French police arrested two more people. These are said to be men between the ages of 25 and 63, said the French news agency AFP with reference to legal circles today. Since the attack in the church on Thursday, six people have been taken into police custody in addition to the perpetrator.
In the attack, which was classified as an Islamist terrorist attack, a 21-year-old Tunisian fatally wounded the clerk and two women in the Notre Dame church in the center of the southern French city.
On the occasion of the All Saints Day mass, the three victims of the knife attack were commemorated today in the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Le Voeu in Nice, the agency further reported. In Nice, according to the city’s mayor, Christian Estrosi, 120 police officers and 60 other soldiers were mobilized to guard the churches. Thousands of soldiers have been deployed to protect churches and schools across France since the attack.
