Nice, France: A terrorist beheaded a woman and killed two other persons at a Church on Thursday. A terrorist with a knife enters the Church shouting “Allahu Akbar” and attacked on the lady and beheaded.

The attack prompted the Government to raise security alert status to the maximum level. The assailant kept repeating “Allahu Akbar” even after he was wounded by security men. It was the third attack in two months in France that authorities have attributed to Muslim extremists, including the beheading of a teacher. French President Emmanuel Macron said he would increase the number of soldiers deployed to protect schools and religious sites from 3K to 7K. Condemnation came from the Pope, European leaders as well as from Turkey, which is involved in a diplomatic spat with Paris over cartoons marking the Prophet.