New arrest by French investigators probing church attack in Nice

New arrest by French investigators probing church attack in Nice

Flowers, messages and candles lie in front of the Notre Dame church, in Nice, France (Daniel Cole/PA)

A new suspect is in custody in the investigation into a gruesome attack by a Tunisian man who killed three people in a French church, as France heightened its security alert amid religious and geopolitical tensions around cartoons mocking the Muslim prophet.

The suspect is a 47-year-old man believed to have been in contact with the attacker the night before the attack on the Notre Dame Basilica in the Riviera city of Nice, according to a judicial official.

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