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Three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the southern French city of Nice.

President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday's stabbings at the Notre-Dame basilica were an "Islamist terrorist attack".

A suspect is in custody.

Mr Macron later met police and emergency workers at the scene of the attack.

Nice's Mayor Christian Estrosi, pictured below, said the suspect had repeated the words "Allahu Akbar (God is greatest)".

An elderly woman and a man were killed inside the church, while another woman who escaped died later of her injuries.

Many on the streets of Nice were shocked at the attack.

The killings come two weeks after a schoolteacher in Paris was beheaded after showing his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

There have been anti-France protests in a number of Muslim countries after President Macron defended publication of the cartoons.

Security remains tight at the scene as investigations continue.

This is not the first time that Nice has experienced a terror attack. In 2016, 86 people were killed when a man drove a truck into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day.

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