Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi said everything pointed to a "terrorist attack at the heart of the Notre-Dame basilica."
Police said one woman had been beheaded in the attack and Mr Estrosi spoke of "islamofascism." The suspect was detained shortly after the attack.
France's national anti-terror prosecutors opened a murder inquiry.
The mayor told reporters that the suspect had "repeated endlessly Allahu Akbar' (God is greatest) when he was being treated at the scene".
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