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Oct
31
2020
By The African Mirror
France tightens security after Nice attack, protests flare in parts of Muslim world

France tightens security after Nice attack, protests flare in parts of Muslim world

NEWS
TANGI SALAUN and CAROLINE PAILLIEZ FRANCE has stepped up security nationwide to guard against Islamist attacks after the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while protests flared in parts of the Middle East, Asia and Africa over French caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. President Emmanuel Macron deployed thousands of soldiers to protect sites including places of worship and schools, and the nation was at its highest level of security alert after the second deadly knife attack in its cities in two weeks. Police were holding a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant, identified by a French police source and Tunisian officials as…
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Oct
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Angry French city asks after church attack: Why us again?

Angry French city asks after church attack: Why us again?

WORLD
CAROLINE PAILLIEZ WHEN a suspected Islamist from Tunisia killed three people this week in a church in the French Riviera city of Nice, for many residents it brought painful memories flooding back. Four years ago, another suspected Islamist originally from Tunisia had driven a 19-tonne truck into a crowd about not far from the church, killing more than 80 people. The church attack, coming on top of the truck assault, left many people in Nice on Friday feeling they had angry, and wanting to fight back against the people they believe are to blame. "We've had enough," Nice resident Francois…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
France on alert as official warns of more militant attacks after Nice church killings

France on alert as official warns of more militant attacks after Nice church killings

WORLD
FRANCE's interior minister said on Thursday more militant attacks on its soil were likely and the country was engaged in a war against Islamist ideology following the second deadly knife attack in its cities in two weeks. Minister Gerald Damarnin was speaking a day after an assailant shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in Nice. The man was shot by police and is now in critical condition in a hospital. "We are in a war against an enemy that is both inside and outside," Damarnin told RTL radio. "We…
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