this is the w. news live from berlin 3 people are killed in a knife attack at a church in the french city of nice the mayor called it an islamic fascist attack the country's antiterrorist prosecutors have launched a murder inquiry. german chancellor angela merkel says new pandemic knocked all measures are necessary and appropriate addressing the board to stock the chancellor

wants tracing the source of all new infections is currently impossible but the opposition says the rules are excessive. and with us welcome to the program we start with some breaking news at least 3 people have been killed in a knife attack in the french city of nice the attack took place at the not saddam basilica and the city center of the attack also injured several people before being detained by police the motive for the attack was not immediately clear but france's anti-terrorism prosecutor has launched an investigation the mayor of nice spoke to reporters at the scene but when you move from the building where the people is my 1st words are of compassion for the victims' families and for the whole community around that knocked her down. silica. you know for the good news.

into all the people of nice who are in shock i can say that nice like all of france but perhaps more than other parts of the country that is currently paying much too high a price and has now once more become a victim of islam of fascism and it going for the good news from the 1st is an american speaking catherine field a journalist based in paris what else do we know so far. this attack apparently took place just after 9 am local 2 time this morning the man went under the knife went into the church it was then that he attempting kill 2 people inside the church a 3rd person was killed outside the church and a bomb where he'd taken refuge we know from the mayor of nis that they are branding

as a terror attack because the america needs that once he was there the attacker was captured he kept calling out to them but god is great he said that that attack was shot by police and that he is now in a hospital being treated for his group. we have the mayor of means calling the attack driven by what he calls islamofascism has there been any other political reaction so far. in the news of the tank reached paris just as the prime minister stakes was making a statement to the national assembly he called on the country to remain united to remain strong and he also said that the french state would stand firm i mean this attack comes less than 2 weeks after the attack the murder by beheading of a teacher at an intermediate school just outside paris and so the message has always been both from the president and the prime minister that these are attacks

on freedom of speech because let's not forget that teacher lost his life because he had shown his pupils ringback cartoons of.