Lockdown, which goes into effect three hours from now. Good evening. We begin in the french city of nice, where a man armed with a knife killed three people. The first victim was an elderly woman. Another was a mother in her 40s. The third was a father of two, also in his 40s. The assailant was shot and wounded by police and is now in the hospital. Todays brut killingcome less than two weeks after a frenchman was beheaded in front of his school in the paris suburbs after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his pupils in a teaching of freedom of speech. Mac hasron president macron has called this a terrorist attack and has called for the people to stand united. I wanted to pass on a message of solitude. It is also a message of unity. In france, the resulting one community, the National Community there is only one community, the National Community. I want to say to my citizens, whatever their religion, whether they believe or not, we must, in these moments, unite and not given to
Paris. Hala gorani is there from the theater which saw the worst of the carnage last night. First, i want to talk about what we heard from the french president moments ago, saying isis is, indeed, behind this attack. Reporter all right. Ooimt im outside the concert hall where the carnage took place. The wrench president hollande declared isis terrorists where responsible for yesterdays attack. He called tear actions in this city, quote, an act of war. Heres the latestest death toll. It is likely to increase. At least 128 people have been killed. Eight of the attackers are dead. Officials are scouring the video trying to find anyone who may have escaped or helped them, of course. This is going to be critical in the investigation. The worst of the carnage as i was mentioning at the top of the hour, happened at the see this ter. Two police vans are in front of the concert hall. I spoke with one of the Police Officers here. Is he told me forensic vehicles are taking them away to the medica