Nice police question man over reported contact with basilica suspect

47-year-old is said to have been in touch with alleged knifeman hours before attack

Police in Nice are questioning a 47-year-old man who is reported to have been in contact with the suspected basilica knifeman hours before the attack that left three people dead.

The man was taken into custody late on Thursday evening. Police have given no more details and say there is currently no evidence that the knifeman had an accomplice. The suspected attacker, 21-year-old Tunisian man Brahim Aouissaoui, was shot by police and is in a serious condition in hospital in Nice.