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Three people have been killed and several others wounded after a knife attack near a church in the French city of Nice.

The victims were two women and a man. One has been reported to be a 70-year-old woman who was allegedly beheaded in the church, according to Reuters.

Mayor Christian Estrosi said on Twitter the knife attack had happened around the citys Notre Dame church and that police had detained the attacker, who was shot. He described the attack as terrorism.

The attacker kept shouting Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest) even after he had been arrested by police, Estrosi told reporters.