A picture of Vincent Loques, sexton of the Notre Dame church, one of the victims of a deadly knife attack, is seen with candles and flowers in front of the Notre Dame church in Nice, France, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
PARIS/NICE, France (Reuters) - France stepped up security nationwide on Friday to guard against Islamist attacks after the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while protests flared in parts of the Middle East, Asia and Africa over French caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.
President Emmanuel Macron deployed thousands of soldiers to protect sites including places of worship and schools, and the nation was at its highest level of security alert after the second deadly knife attack in its cities in two weeks.
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