Trump: Radical Islamic Terrorist Attacks Must Stop

US President Donald Trump, commenting Thursday on the terrorist attack in France, said, "Our hearts are with the French people and the United States stands with our oldest ally in this battle."

“The radical Islamic terrorist attacks must stop immediately, and France or any country cannot tolerate this for long," Trump added, on his Twitter account, Thursday.

A man armed with a knife attacked people inside a French church and killed three Thursday, prompting the government to raise its security alert status to the maximum level hours before a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

French President Emmanuel Macron vowed that "France will not give up on our values" after a knife-wielding man killed three people at a church in what he called an "Islamist terrorist attack".

Macron offered condolences to the country's Catholics after the killing, and urged people of all religions to unite and not "give in to the spirit of pision".