Nice knife attack live: Attacker in Nice a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant

Nice attacker seriously wounded by police fire, now in hospital

France's chief anti-terrorist prosecutor says four police officers confronted the attacker in the church and shot at him

France's chief anti-terrorist prosecutor says attacker is Tunisian, was born in 1999

Trump says 'our hearts' with France, urges 'stop' to terrorist attacks, reports AFP.

Attacker in Nice a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant, reports AFP quoting enquiry sources.

Church sexton had throat slit while preparing for Mass, reports Reuters.

As he did every day, the sexton of the Notre Dame church in the French city of Nice opened up the doors around 8:30 am. There were few people around; the first Mass of the day was not due to start for another two hours. But soon after he started work, a man armed with a knife entered the church and slit the throat of the sexton, beheaded an elderly woman, and badly wounded a third woman, according to a police source.

"The French in the course of their history has killed millions of people. Many were Muslims. Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past." Mahathir, who served as Malaysian premier twice for a total of 24 years, said that French President Emmanuel Macron was "not showing that he is civilised", adding he was "very primitive".

"I strongly condemn the recent terrorist attacks in France, including today's heinous attack in Nice inside a church. Our deepest and heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and the people of France. India stands with France in the fight against terrorism," PM Modi said in a tweet.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that he would be stepping up the deployment of soldiers to protect key French sites, such as places of worship and schools, following the fatal knife attack in Nice earlier in the day.

An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, French authorities said. It was the third attack in two months in France amid a growing furor over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that were re-published by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

Vatican says 'terrorism, violence never acceptable' after Nice attack, reports AFP.

Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, dubbed the attack 'abominable' and declared: All of Europe is with you.

EU slams 'barbarity and fanaticism' after Nice attack, reports AFP.

European Union leaders expressed solidarity with France on Thursday and pledged to confront "those that seek to incite and spread hatred" after a knifeman killed three in a Nice church.

UK's PM Johnson says shocked at 'barbaric attack' in France, reports AFP.

France raises attack alert level to 'urgent', reports AFP.