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UK Terror Threat Level Increased To "Severe" After Vienna, France Attacks

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 3, 2020

Britain on Tuesday upgraded the country's terrorism threat level from "substantial" to "severe", after a deadly shooting rampage in Vienna and several attacks across France.

Naseeruddin Shah, Prashant Bhushan Among 100 To Condemn France Attacks

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday November 1, 2020

More than 100 prominent Indian citizens - including actor Naseeruddin shah, poet Javed Akhtar and distinguished former police officer Julio Ribeiro - have condemned the France terror attacks and "outrageous" statements by Muslim leaders

Security At French Consulate In Puducherry Tightened: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 31, 2020

Security was tightened at the French Consulate here on Saturday in the wake of an attack on a church in France, said Superintendent of Police Maran.

"Understand Shock, But Won't Accept Violence": Macron On Prophet Cartoon

World News | Agece France-Presse | Sunday November 1, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed understanding that cartoons of the prophet Mohammed could shock Muslims, but said that this could never be used to justify violence, in an interview with Al-Jazeera to be broadcast in full on Saturday.

Third Man Detained Over Deadly Church Attack In France's Nice: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 31, 2020

A third man has been detained for questioning in connection with the knife attack on a church in the southern French city of Nice which left three people dead, a legal source said Saturday.

French Police Question Man In Custody Over Alleged Links To Nice Attacker

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 30, 2020

A 47-year-old man believed to have been in contact with the suspected knifeman who killed three people at a church in the French city of Nice has been detained for questioning, a judicial source said Friday.

"We Are In War Against Enemy": French Minister Says More Attacks Likely

World News | Reuters | Friday October 30, 2020

More attacks on French soil are likely as France is engaged in a "war against Islamist ideology", its interior minister said on Friday.

"Tell My Children I Love Them," France Attack Victim Said Before Death

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 30, 2020

French president Emmanuel Macron vowed his country would stand firm against religious extremists after a knife-wielding man killed three people at a church, in the country's second attack blamed on Islamist terrorism this month.

Woman Beheaded As 3 Killed At France Church, Mayor Says Terror Attack

World News | Reuters | Friday October 30, 2020

A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, in an incident the city's mayor described as terrorism.

France Vows "Won't Give Up Cartoons" As Teens Charged Over Teacher's Killing

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 22, 2020

Two teenagers accused of pointing out French teacher Samuel Paty to his killer who beheaded him were on Wednesday charged with complicity in terrorist murder, prosecutors said, as the nation paid homage to the killed educator.

France Closes Paris Mosque In Clampdown Over Teacher's Beheading

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 20, 2020

French authorities said Tuesday they would close a Paris mosque in a clampdown on radical Islam that has yielded over a dozen arrests following the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Police Raid Homes Of "Dozens" Of Islamist Terrorists In France: Minister

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday October 19, 2020

French police on Monday raided the homes of dozens of suspected Islamist terrorists three days after the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the interior minister said.

"Fatwa Launched" Against Beheaded Teacher: French Minister

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday October 19, 2020

The father of a schoolgirl and a known Islamist terrorist had urged the killing of a French teacher who was beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, France's interior minister said Monday.

Suspect In French Teacher Beheading Was 18-Year-Old Of Chechen Origin: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 17, 2020

The man suspected of beheading a French teacher who had shown his students cartoons of the prophet Mohammed was an 18-year-old born in Moscow and originating from Russia's southern region of Chechnya, a judicial source said on Saturday.

France Teacher, Who Showed Prophet Caricatures In Class, Beheaded: Police

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 17, 2020

A history teacher who had shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in class was on Friday decapitated and his assailant shot dead by French police as they tried to arrest him, police and prosecutors said.