Two victims died at the Basilica of Notre-Dame while a third person died of injuries Macron called for churches around the country to be given added security NICE: A man wielding a knife killed three people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, slitting the throat of a woman in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist attack.” The assailant, who was shot and wounded by police, was identified as Brahim Aouissaoui, a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant who arrived in Italy late last month and then traveled to France, sources close to the inquiry said. “He kept repeating ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is Greatest) even while under medication” as he was taken to hospital, Nice’s Mayor Christian Estrosi told journalists at the scene. The man attacked worshippers inside the Basilica of Notre-Dame in the heart of the Mediterranean resort city, slitting the throat of an elderly woman in an apparent beheading attempt. The body of a man, a church employee of about 45, was also found in the church, while another woman — a mother in her forties — succumbed to her injuries after seeking refuge in a nearby bar.