France in mourning after three killed in Nice church terrorist attack - CGTN

People gather outside the Notre-Dame basilica in the southern French city of Nice following the deadly stabbing on Thursday, which left three people killed.

French President Emmanuel Macron described the stabbing as an "Islamist terrorist attack", and the government has placed its terror alert at maximum. France's anti-terror prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said the attacker, identified as Brahim Aouissaoui by a 21-year-old Tunisian, arrived in France on October 9.

People pay tributes at night in front of Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, October 29, 2020. /Getty Images

People pay tributes at night in front of Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, October 29, 2020. /Getty Images

Flowers, messages, and candles lie in front of the Notre Dame church in Nice, France, Friday, October 30, 2020. /AP

Flowers, messages, and candles lie in front of the Notre Dame church in Nice, France, Friday, October 30, 2020. /AP

A man prays in the street outside the Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, after a knife attack on Thursday, October 29, 2020. /AP

A man prays in the street outside the Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, after a knife attack on Thursday, October 29, 2020. /AP

"We will not give in," Macron says after visiting the scene of the attack October 29, 2020. /Getty Images

"We will not give in," Macron says after visiting the scene of the attack October 29, 2020. /Getty Images

Police stand at night in front of Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, October 29, 2020. /Getty Images

Police stand at night in front of Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, October 29, 2020. /Getty Images

Police stand at night in front of Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, October 29, 2020. /Getty Images

Police stand at night in front of Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, October 29, 2020. /Getty Images