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Emmanuel Macron arrives in Mauritania for the Sahel summit, welcomed on his descent from the plane by the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani. Along with four other presidents of Sahel countries, they are to take stock of their common struggle against the region's jihadists. IMAGES
Londoners expressed their shock at yesterday's Westminster attack, from the British capital, Thursday. A total of four people were killed and at least 29 injured when an attacker drove a car into a crowd of people on Westminster Bridge, the assailant then stabbed a police officer at the entrance to the Houses of Parliament before he was shot dead by police. Seven people arrested in connection to to the attack.
Mark Rowley, Metropolitan Police's senior anti-terror officer, announced that six addresses were raided and seven people arrested in connection to yesterday’s Houses of Parliament attack, during an address to press outside New Scotland Yard on Thursday. A total of 4 people were killed and at least 29 injured when an attacker drove a car into a crowd of people on Westminster Bridge. The assailant then stabbed a police officer at the entrance to the Houses of Parliament before being shot dead by police.
Footage courtesy fo @Harp-detective shows Crowds of people running away from the scene of an attack in Nice on Thursday, after a truck drove through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores others. The driver, a 31-year-old French citizen of Tunisian origin, was killed after police shot him through the windshield.
Security has been visibly stepped up across France on Friday, following the deadly attack in Nice the previous evening when a truck was driven through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, leaving at least 84 dead and around 100 injured. French President Francois Hollande announced the extension of the State of Emergency and the deployment of 10,000 additional police officers across the country.
Leaving his house in London on Friday morning the newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemned the fatal attacks in Nice on Thursday as "an absolutely appalling incident." Johnson added that he would be looking into any implications of the attack for the UK. A truck was driven into the Bastille Day crowds killing at least 84 on Thursday evening. The driver, a French citizen of Tunisian origin, was shot and killed by security forces at the scene. French President Francois Hollande has extended the State of Emergency.
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