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France's Macron vows to take new measures to fight terrorism

Published on Oct 30, 2020

By IANS

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The League leader Matteo Salvini holds a placard reading in Italian "Stop Islamic terror" as others read "We are all French" during a demonstration of solidarity in front of the French embassy in Rome after an attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church in Nice, France, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (PTI)

Paris, Oct 30 (IANS): French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the "Islamist terrorist attack" in Nice and vowed to take new measures to fight terrorism.

"Tomorrow there will be a Defence Council (meeting), in which new measures will be taken," announced Macron when visiting Nice where a knife attacker killed three people at Notre-Dame basilica early Thursday morning, Xinhua news agency reported.

Soldiers will be deployed to protect key sites, including places of worship and schools, he said.