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Police on duty outside the church in Nice after the attack

French court sentences man to life for Nice knife attack

A court in France has sentenced a Tunisian man to life in prison without parole for killing three people at a church in the southern city of Nice in 2020.

Europe • 26 Feb

Floral tributes left outside the Basilica of Notre-Dame following the attack

Man on trial in France over deadly church attack in 2020

A Tunisian man goes on trial today for stabbing three people to death in a church in the southern French city of Nice more as part of a "terrorist" plot.

Europe • 10 Feb

A French Firefighter looks out of a window after extinguishing a fire that broke out overnight at a residential building in Nice

Three wanted for arson as 7 killed in Nice building fire

An apartment building blaze killed seven people in the southern French city of Nice and police were investigating the fire as a possible arson, authorities said.

World • 18 Jul 24

Candles are lit in front of the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice in memory of those who died

Minister warns of more militant attacks in France

France's interior minister has said more militant attacks on its soil are likely and the country is engaged in a war against Islamist ideology following the second deadly knife attack in its cities in two weeks.

Europe • 30 Oct 20

French President Emmanuel Macron and Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi visited the scene in Nice

France raises security alert after three killed in Nice

A knife-wielding attacker shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in the French city of Nice, with the country's security alert raised to its highest level.

Europe • 30 Oct 20

86 people were killed and hundreds injured in the 2016 attack

Judge bans 'obscene' Nice attack images on website

A French court has said Paris Match magazine's publication of graphic pictures of last year's Bastille day attack in Nice was "obscene" and barred it from putting them on its website.

France • 14 Jul 17

Enda Kenny and Francois Hollande issued a joint statement calling for Brexit negotiations to begin

UK should trigger Brexit 'as soon as possible'

French President Francois Hollande and Taoiseach Enda Kenny have said Britain should begin the process of leaving the European Union "as soon as possible".

News • 21 Jul 16

Gendarmes patrol on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice

France votes to extend state of emergency

France's National Assembly has voted to extend the country's state of emergency for six months following last week's killing of 84 people in Nice.

News • 20 Jul 16

French firemen are congratulated by the crowds

Crowds jeer politicians at tribute to Nice victims

Crowds jeered France's leaders at a tribute to victims of last week's truck attack in Nice as an opinion poll showed a sharp drop in confidence in the ability of President Francois Hollande's government to combat terrorism.

News • 18 Jul 16

A flag is seen flying at half-mast along the 'Promenade des Anglais' where the truck crashed into the crowds on Thursday

Police arrest three as IS claim truck attack

The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility today for the truck attack that killed at least 84 people celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice. Today police arrested three more people, bringing to five the total number of people held in connection with the seafront carnage.

News • 17 Jul 16

84 people were killed and scores injured in the attack

Bastille Day Attack - Timeline

It took less than 30 minutes, and possibly just 15, for a man to carry out the attack which killed at least 84 people in the French city of Nice.

News • 15 Jul 16

Barack Obama vowed to destroy the so-called IS group

US stands with France after Nice attack - Obama

Barack Obama has said the United States will stand with France after the attack in Nice that killed more than 80 people, and pledged to keep up the fight against the so-called Islamic State.

News • 15 Jul 16