Nice terror attack: Live updates, Bastille Day Celebration, France’s Bastille Day, Nice attack, France, Francois Hollande, Paris
Europe July 15, 2016,
Nice terror attack: Live updates, Bastille Day Celebration, France’s Bastille Day, Nice attack, France, Francois Hollande, Paris
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Death toll rises to 84: The number of those killed in Thursday’s terror attack in Nice has risen to 84.Revised figures from the Interior Ministry suggest 84 people dead and 18 in critical condition.
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Many children dead and many more seriously injured
- Eighteen people in critical condition
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Nice attack is clearly a terrorist act: Francois Hollande: French President Francois Hollande said Friday that an attack which saw a truck plough into a crowd in Nice, killing 77 people, was clearly a "terrorist" act.
Hollande said several children were among the dead and 20 victims were in a critical state after the attack, which he said was of an "undeniable terrorist nature".
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US President Barack Obama on Thursday strongly condemned what he said appeared to be a "horrific terrorist attack" in Nice.Obama offered assistance to France to help investigate the attack, which left at least 75 people dead, and "bring those responsible to justice."
- The truck drove into a crowd of revelers celebrating Bastille Day, France’s national holiday, with fireworks on the Promenade des Anglais, a popular, crowded stretch of beach in Nice.
- The attack took place during the fireworks, according to French media, at about 11:30 pm.
- The driver of the truck was killed, according to Sébastien Humbert, the top administrator for the Alpes-Maritimes region, in an interview with French channel BFM-TV.
- Le Monde, citing an anonymous police source, said police killed the driver of the truck.
- The truck drove through the crowd, crushing people, for 2 kilometers, or about 1.2 miles, according to Le Monde, quoting a prosecutor.
- The truck was loaded with guns and grenades, according to regional president Christian Estrosi.