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France's Macron vows to take new measures to fight terrorism

By IANS | Updated: October 30, 2020 05:30 IST

Paris, Oct 30 French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the "Islamist terrorist attack" in Nice and vowed to take ...

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Paris, Oct 30 French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the "Islamist terrorist attack" in Nice and vowed to take new measures to fight terrorism.

"Tomorrow there will be a Defence Council (meeting), in which new measures will be taken," announced Macron when visiting Nice where a knife attacker killed three people at Notre-Dame basilica early Thursday morning, Xinhua news agency reported.

Soldiers will be deployed to protect key sites, including places of worship and schools, he said.

( With inputs from IANS )

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