France moves to ’emergency’ alert after three killed in church attack

French policemen and forensic officers stand in front of Notre Dame church (Daniel Cole/AP)

France’s prime minister has said the country is moving to the maximum “emergency” alert level after the killing of three people at a church in the southern city of Nice.

A man armed with a knife attacked two women and a man at the Notre Dame Basilica on Thursday morning before he was shot by police.