India stands with France in fight against terrorism, assures PM Narendra Modi; condemns recent terrorist attacks
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India stands with France in fight against terrorism, assures PM Narendra Modi; condemns recent terrorist attacks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the latest terrorist assaults in France and expressed heartfelt condolences to the households of the victims and the individuals of France. Taking to micro-blogging website Twitter, PM Modi additionally assured that India stands with France in its battle in opposition to terrorism.

READ | Knife-wielding man shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’ earlier than killing three in Nice; factcheck on lethal assaults in France

In yet one more stunning and brutal assault in France, a knife-wielding man shouting “Allahu Akbar” beheaded a girl and killed two different individuals in a suspected terrorist assault at a church in Nice on Thursday, police and officers stated.

PM Modi tweeted, “I strongly condemn the recent terrorist attacks in France, including today’s heinous attack in Nice inside a church. Our deepest and heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and the people of France. India stands with France in the fight against terrorism.”

Police stated three individuals have been confirmed to have died within the assault and several other have been injured. A police supply stated a girl was decapitated. French politician Marine Le Pen additionally spoke of a decapitation having occurred within the assault.

Attacker saved saying ‘Allahu Akbar’: Nice`s mayor, Christian Estrosi, who described the assault as terrorism, stated on Twitter it had occurred in or close to town`s Notre Dame church and that police had detained the attacker. Estrosi stated the attacker had shouted the phrase “Allahu Akbar”, or God is biggest. One of the individuals killed contained in the church was believed to be the churchwarden, Estrosi stated. “The attacker kept shouting “Allahu Akbar” even after he had been detained, Estrosi stated.

Man detained: “The suspected knife attacker was shot by police while being detained, he is on his way to the hospital, he is alive,” Estrosi advised reporters.

France on Islamo-fascism: “Enough is enough,” Estrosi stated. “It`s time now for France to exonerate itself from the laws of peace in order to definitively wipe out Islamo-fascism from our territory.” Estrosi stated the victims had been killed in a “horrible way”. “The methods match, without doubt, those used against the brave teacher in Conflans Sainte Honorine, Samuel Paty,” he stated, referring to a French instructor beheaded earlier this month in an assault in a suburb of Paris.

Situation in Nice: Estrosi stated a girl had tried to flee from contained in the church and had fled right into a bar reverse the constructing. The French anti-terrorism prosecutor`s division stated it had been requested to research the assault. Reuters journalists on the scene stated police armed with computerized weapons had put up a safety cordon across the church, which is on Nice`s Jean Medecin Avenue, town`s major purchasing thoroughfare. Ambulances and fireplace service automobiles have been additionally on the scene.

India stands with France: In a growth that reveals the closeness between India and France, Delhi has are available full assist for French President Emmanuel Macron who’s dealing with uncharitable remarks significantly after by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish President has been taking swipes on the French President after the latter known as for motion over what he known as “Islamist separatism”.

The Ministry of External Affairs in an announcement on October 28 had stated, “We strongly deplore the personal attacks in unacceptable language on President Emmanuel Macron in violation of the most basic standards of international discourse.” The MEA “condemned” the “brutal terrorist attack” that took the lifetime of a French instructor in a “gruesome manner that has shocked the world” and provided “condolences to his family and the people of France”.

“We also condemn the brutal terrorist attack that took the life of a French teacher in a gruesome manner that has shocked the world. We offer our condolences to his family and the people of France. There is no justification for terrorism for any reason or under any circumstance,” the assertion added. The French envoy to India, Emmanuel Lenain, thanked MEA for the assist tweeting, “France and India can always count on each other in the fight against terrorism”.

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#StandWithFrance: Interestingly, earlier this week noticed #StandWithFrance trending on Twitter. In reality, in accordance with some French media retailers, the hashtag really began in India. India and France have elevated engagement up to now few years, and actually, the Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla can be in Paris this weekend. 

Beheading of Samuel Paty: The assault comes whereas France remains to be reeling from the beheading earlier in October of French center college instructor Samuel Paty by a person of Chechen origin in a suburb of Paris after he had proven caricatures of Prophet Mohammad. The 47-year-old Paty was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen Muslim. 

The attacker had stated he needed to punish Paty for displaying pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a civics lesson. It was not instantly clear if Thursday`s assault was related to the cartoons, which Muslims take into account to be blasphemous.

Since Paty`s killing, French officers – backed by many abnormal residents – have re-asserted the appropriate to show the cartoons, and the pictures have been extensively displayed at marches in solidarity with the killed instructor. That has prompted an outpouring of anger in elements of the Muslim world, with some governments accusing French chief Emmanuel Macron of pursuing an anti-Islam agenda.

with inputs from Reuters

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