"church-attack"

The Syrian health authorities put the latest official death toll at 13, with 53 others wounded, Xinhua news agency reported.

Brahim Issaoui, 21, remains hospitalised after being shot several times by police after the knife rampage at Nice's Notre-Dame basilica on Thursday.

The assailant, who was shot and wounded by police, was identified as 21-year-old Brahim Aouissaoui, who arrived in Italy last month, then travelled to France, judicial sources said.