UPDATE: According to the recent reports, 84 people were killed. The ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Bodies are seen on the ground July 15, 2016 after at least 30 people were killed in Nice, France, when a truck ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday July 14. © Eric Gaillard / Reuters
At least 80 people were killed and over 100 wounded after a truck plowed into a crowd in the French city of Nice, during Bastille Day celebrations (July 14).
- The truck broke through a barricade on Nice’s Promenade des Anglais at around 10:30 p.m. local time and plowed into the crowd of people celebrating the Bastille Day. The driver was able to drive 2 kilometers through the crowd before he was neutralized.
- The police exchanged fire with the driver.
French police forces and forensic officers stand next to a truck July 15, 2016 that ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais killing at least 60 people in Nice, France, July 14. © Eric Gaillard / Reuters
- Following the attack, weapons and grenades were found in the truck.The attacker’s ID was also found there. According to French newspaper Nice Matin, the attacker was a 31-year-old man of Tunisian origin.
- The ISIS terrorist group has not officially claimed responsibility for the attack but, according to reports, it is a likely suspect. Anti-terror investigation is ongoing.
France’s President Francois Hollande addressed the public and said the attack was “terrorist in nature.” He said that France’s state of emergency has been extended for three months and soldiers would be deployed to support security forces. Hollande also called to reinforce air strikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria.
We remember, France is going to send an aircraft carrier and additional military advisers to fight ISIS militants in Iraq.
Mouvement de panique !! #Nicepic.twitter.com/RgXar3fWZs
— HARP DETECTIVES (@harp_detectives) July 14, 2016
Isis = saudie Arabia + Qatar + UAE ! ( this is a act of war ) when is france going to use the ” force de frappe ” against those rag heads
Radical islamis is the problem ! SA is white ( official ) radical islam , Isis is black radical islam ! Destroy them both by destroying the source
They promised us heaven on earth if we recreated the Empire Babylon (which means to babble, because of so many different people groups forced under one roof)
But instead of paradise, they now have hell. Welcome to hell french, none of you will get out alive.
You reap what you sow. You sowed these seeds for 60 years, now spend the last 20 years of France reaping it day in and day out with no letup.
with “you” you mean (((You))) right ? ;-)
Instead of hindering Russian efforts, France should stop backing terrorists, “ils font du bon boulot”, according to France’s Defense Minister, just because they are against Assad, these guys deserve what they get.