Thanks for joining us youre watching R T International where we start with breaking news this hour from france. 3 people are being confirmed dead in the southern french city of nice following a knife attack here in the 1st pictures that weve received from the scene several of the people are reported to have been left injured the incident occurred early in the morning in the city center or 30 say that they suspect has been arrested. Lets go to paris now our correspondent there is Charlotte Dubin ski charlotte just give us the latest information on this breaking story. Well grim details coming up about this latest attack this mass stabbing that took place in the Southern City of nice as you mentioned there 3 people have been confirmed as being killed in that attack some reports a Police Source saying to the Reuters News Agency that one of those individuals was beheaded that has not been confirmed but if it is confirmed that would mean the 2nd beheading in just a few weeks here in france
For joining us midday here in moscow this is r. T. International and we will start this hour with breaking news coming out of france where a Police Operation is underway in the city of nice this is after a knife attack reportedly left 2 people dead and several others injured thats according to local media sources now the incident occurred near the basilica of not in the city center lets go to paris and speak to our correspondent there charlotte do the. First of all whats the latest information this is a breaking news story only just came out in the last hour or so whats the latest information weve got on. Well very Little Information at the moment as we understand at least 2 people have been killed in that mass stabbing attack outside the basilica of not in the Southern City of nice we understand that there are also several other people whove been injured in this attack that took place around 9 am on thursday morning here in france thats local time a crisis meeting has been opened by t
That has caused a huge wave of anti french sentiment in muslim majority countries we have seen protests with tens of thousands of people taking place in places such as bangladesh they have also been protests in jordan in libya in gaza people burning effigies of president matt corn and calling for a boycott on french goods i mean this anti french sentiment this anger has been boiling and bubbling over and its not far to suggest that there is perhaps a link between whats happening there in the wake of samuel pattis murder over these controversial cartoons and this attack thats taken place in east today 3 people dead including one who is said to have been beheaded. As you mentioned charlotte i mean theres heavy indications this was a terrorist attack we wait confirmation if all the reports to pan out to be true this will be the 1st time that noose is as felt tragedy at the hands of terrorism. Thats right france is really used to terror attacks since 2015 there have been regular attacks ta
Hello there welcome just on 3 pm here in moscow youre watching r. T. International national now we start with breaking news from france because 3 people are confirmed dead in the southern french city of nice following a knife attack this is some of the latest footage weve received from the scene several of the people have been left injured incident took place early in the morning in the city center and Authorities Say that a suspect has been arrested so lets get the latest now from Charlotte Vince he joins us from paris good afternoon again charlotte just bring us up to date then on the latest information were getting. Well this is been described as a horrific a brutal attack that took place in the heart of a church that church to the north has done basilica in the center of nice as you mentioned 3 people confirmed dead including one person that we understand was beheaded that came from a Police Source to the Reuters News Agency and it has been confirmed by the mayor of niece that the
The wake of this anger thats been rising in muslim majority countries against france in the wake of the death of samuel patti the history teacher who was to capitated less than 2 weeks ago for showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed now the anger has come from the fact the president defended the use of those cartoons lets take a reminder of what happened. Well the anger has been spilling out since president machen defended the use of those cartoons those controversial cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed and they have been protests in many muslim majority countries such as bangladesh in jordan in libya and also in gaza with people burning effigies of president and theres been this war of words between him and the turkish president who suggested that she needed to have his Mental Health checked many muslim majority countries also calling for a boycott of french products and a warning to french citizens who live or who are traveling in those countries to be extra vigilant at the mome