A Catholic priest was stabbed multiple times on Sunday morning in a church in Nice, France, while a nun was also injured during the knife attack, officials have said.
The attack came as France began voting in a presidential run-off election race between incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen.
French politician Eric Ciotti, who represents the 1st constituency of Alpes-Maritimes in the National Assembly, said on Twitter that the attack took place in Saint-Pierre-d’Arène church.
He identified the victims as Father Christophe and Sister Marie-Claude.
“Father Christophe was stabbed several times in the Saint Pierre d’Arène church in Nice,” Ciotti wrote, adding that a “sister was injured,” and that he was “able to speak for a few moments with the father before his evacuation to Nice hospital.”
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