Truck 'terror' in France's Nice: What we know so far about Bastille Day attack
At least 80 people have been killed after a truck slammed into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice.
At least 80 people have been killed after a truck slammed into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice.
"France is filled with sadness by this new tragedy," French President Francois Hollande said in a pre-dawn address to the nation after the attack, noting several children were among the dead. Hollande said he had no doubt it was an act of terrorism and called the carnage an attack on liberty by fanatics who despised human rights. France would, nonetheless, continue military operations in Syria and Iraq.
Officials said hundreds were hurt as the driver wove along the seafront, knocking them down "like skittles". According to them, weapons and grenades were found inside the 25-tonne, unmarked articulated truck. The attack so far seems to be the work of a lone assailant. Nice-Matin posted photographs of the truck, its windshield starred by a score of bullets and its radiator grille destroyed.
Nice, a city of some 350,000, has a history as a flamboyant, aristocratic resort but is also a gritty metropolis. It has seen dozens of its Muslim residents travel to Syria to fight, a path taken by previous Islamic State attackers in Europe.
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