Officials arrest new suspect in France church attack, security alert heightened
French officials had a second suspect in custody on Friday in connection with the Thursday knife attack at a church in Nice that left three people dead.
According to The Associated Press, a judicial official not authorized to be named publicly said the second suspect is a 47-year-old man believed to have been in contact with the attacker the night before the incident.
Police had already arrested the suspected attacker, whom the AP named as Ibrahim Issaoui, after police wounded him in a confrontation outside Nice's Notre Dame Church, less than a mile from the location of a 2016 truck attack that killed dozens.
"He cried 'Allah Akbar!' over and over, even after he was injured," Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said, referring to the attacker. "The meaning of his gesture left no doubt."
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