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- Macron's clampdown on radical Islam is backed by most French, but should've been done in more conciliatory way – Austria's ex-FM
France is in dire need of reconciliation, but President Emmanuel Macron's clampdown on Islamic extremism is only polarizing society, Karin Kneissl, ex-Austrian foreign minister told RT, commenting on the stabbing attack in Nice.Oct 29, 2020 21:10World News - Police take down Nice church attacker in hail of bullets (VIDEO)Eyewitness footage captured French police firing multiple gunshots into the Nice church where a Tunisian man fatally stabbed three people. Authorities say the killer made threatening moves toward police before he was shot.Oct 29, 2020 21:02World News
- France brought Jihad on itself, now has some tough decisions to make – former anti-terrorism cop to RTA spate of stabbing attacks are the result of France’s failed experiment with multiculturalism, former UK counterterrorism chief Chris Philipps told RT. When the liberal West and Islamic East clash, he said, violence follows.Oct 29, 2020 20:48World News
- Terrorism investigation launched by Tunisia into Nice knife attack suspect after 3 killedTunisia has opened an investigation into the man suspected of stabbing three people to death in an Islamist attack in the French city of Nice on Thursday, according to a judiciary official. The suspect is reportedly Tunisian.Oct 29, 2020 19:31World News
- ‘Radical Islamic terrorist attacks’ must stop! Trump tweets support for France after Nice church attackDonald Trump has tweeted support for France after a brutal attack which killed three people inside a church in Nice, calling for an immediate end to “Radical Islamic” terrorist attacks he said no country can tolerate for long.Oct 29, 2020 17:11World News
- Ankara condemns ‘heinous terrorist attack’ in Nice, offers ‘condolences’ to France in break from Erdogan-Macron spatA terrorist attack at a church in Nice which killed three people has been condemned by Ankara. Turkey also expressed solidarity with the French people in a lull to the ongoing war of words between the two nations’ leaders.Oct 29, 2020 16:05World News
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