police say a man there armed with a knife killed 3 people and injured several others at the not saddam basilica in the city center the suspect is now in custody presents him around mcconnell has just arrived on the scene of the attack and counterterrorism officials have launched an investigation. the a. police storming the says not to damage silica were too late to stop the bloodshed by the time they shot and injured the attacker 3 people had been fatally wounded one of them was a church official. we just learned from the television the toss a christian has been assassinated it's a huge shock. to the affluent families he was there all day long he wasn't somebody who would drop in and go again he was always there. the church is just a kilometer from the scene of a deadly truck attack which killed dozens in 2016 nieces mayor spoke to reporters at the scene he said the assailant kept shouting allahu akbar god is greatest as he was detained. for going to 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. is currently payi

were nice to our correspondents who's at the scene lisa luis standing right in front of the not saddam basilica there lisa presidents mark karr just months ago was where you are defiant determent what more can you tell us about what he said. well he said france needed to stand united and that foreign student consist only in one community religious community but in many obviously the government also announced today that the anti terror plan would be lifted to its highest level across france the government will be ploy edition of soldiers and police forces thousands of additional soldiers and police forces across the country to protect places of worship and places where they think that new attacks could happen in the coming weeks france is really on edge they went to want to prevent other attacks from happening but they also many friends here are shocked that so many attacks happened and for a few weeks really here in france american very quick succession we understand additional information has been a little released by the authorities about the nice attacker what have you learned do we know wha

people have been killed in a knife attack in the city of nice the attack took place at the not saddam basilica in the city center has raised its security alert status to the highest level in response the country's antiterrorism prosecutor is investigating. and that's it for me on the news team for now but stay tuned now for conflict zone with tim sebastian that's up next and don't forget you can get all the latest news around the clock on our web site in 30 languages it's on the w dot com and also follow us on instagram and on twitter if you don't already do. back with the world news update and what about that let's see. come. come. come. come. come come come. come come come. come. come. into the conflict so 1st turmoil in israel with mounting demonstrations against the prime minister has just corruption and mishandling this falling house prices for years this week in jerusalem is near fatfat the former mayor of the city the meeting politician mr netanyahu sleep party all the wheels finally coming off the prime minister's wife complete the fixed cost to the. polls. it's their session for spect

well the important thing is that all the streets have now been sealed off around the basilica of not saddam where the attack took place this is the biggest that catholic church here in meets and of course there are only a few worshipers there inside the church when the the nice man broke in and started attacking but the police are still here despite the fact that he was he was caught only 12 minutes later injured when he was arrested so the feeling here is still one of great shock to people of both so wearing masks because of the restrictions on 19 here in the city already amid a lot of that now on red alert any other terrorist incidents so there is a major crisis a double crisis if you like probably 6 years or it isn't a matter but i do understand that the french president and the internal minister are getting onto a plane and coming down to the city they will be visiting it this afternoon trying to bring some form of order structure to the city which is still very much in a state of shock all around me people just staring across the police barriers and not quite fully understanding what's

the basilica of not saddam is in the very center of nieces the largest catholic church here in the city that's on one of the main thoroughfares an easy place for attack obvious target but impossible for the police to have any clear warning the such an attack might be coming so that is the area of security concern for president mark wrong but also of course he's here 1st and foremost to show that he cares for the victims of these attacks he's. going to be talking to the loved ones of the victims this was the most extraordinary scene to nice man bursting into a congregation in this catholic church just before all saints day and halloween so this was a particular moment when people were at prayer and a scene of carnage resulted now he. managed to get away 12 minutes later was captured by the police shot by the police joining his arrest and is now in hospital with the police by his bed trying to gain more information about why he attacked a way he came from but this is going to take a long time so the most important thing the president macron can do is to is to show that he cares to show th

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 at

the national security alert to its highest level in response the attack took place at the north saddam basilica in the city center at the also injured several other people before being detained by police the attack. was not immediately clear what his motive was but francis antiterrorism prosecutor has launched an investigation. the mayor of the city of nice spoke to reporters at the scene. before you move from the building with the press my 1st words are of compassion for the victims' families and for the whole community around the basilica. of a few of them that he's. been to 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 on its own quite a piece of good news from the 1st. let's bring in catherine feel the journalist in the paris cuts and what new information do you have on the attack attack in nice especially with regard to motive. we don't have much more on notion of at the moment what we do know is how event