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| − | '''Mass murder in Nice''' took place on the evening of 14 July 2016 when [[Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel]], a Tunisian resident of France,<ref>{{cite news|title=Attentat de Nice : ce que l'on sait du chauffeur, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel|url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/attaque-de-nice/20160715.OBS4681/attentat-de-nice-ce-que-l-on-sait-du-chauffeur-du-camion.html|accessdate=15 July 2016|work=Nouvel Obs|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attentat-a-nice-ce-que-lon-sait-du-supect-2800117|publisher=Europe1|title=Attentat à Nice : le suspect a été formellement identifié|accessdate=15 July 2016|language=fr}}</ref> deliberately drove a 19-tonne cargo truck into a crowd celebrating [[Bastille Day]] on the Promenade des Anglais in [[Nice]], killing 84 people and injuring hundreds more.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Attentat-a-Nice-au-moins-84-morts-et-18-blesses-en-etat-d-urgence-absolue-1020058|title=Attentat à Nice: au coins 84 persons tunes par le camion fou|work=Paris Match|accessdate=15 July 2016|language=fr}}</ref> He was shot and killed by police | + | '''Mass murder in Nice''' took place on the evening of 14 July 2016 when [[Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel]], a Tunisian resident of France,<ref>{{cite news|title=Attentat de Nice : ce que l'on sait du chauffeur, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel|url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/attaque-de-nice/20160715.OBS4681/attentat-de-nice-ce-que-l-on-sait-du-chauffeur-du-camion.html|accessdate=15 July 2016|work=Nouvel Obs|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attentat-a-nice-ce-que-lon-sait-du-supect-2800117|publisher=Europe1|title=Attentat à Nice : le suspect a été formellement identifié|accessdate=15 July 2016|language=fr}}</ref> deliberately drove a 19-tonne cargo truck into a crowd celebrating [[Bastille Day]] on the Promenade des Anglais in [[Nice]], killing 84 people and injuring hundreds more.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Attentat-a-Nice-au-moins-84-morts-et-18-blesses-en-etat-d-urgence-absolue-1020058|title=Attentat à Nice: au coins 84 persons tunes par le camion fou|work=Paris Match|accessdate=15 July 2016|language=fr}}</ref> He was shot and killed by police, bringing the death toll to 85. |
| − | On 16 July 2016, the IS-run media outlet [[Aamaq]] cited a "security source" as saying | + | The incident was described as the third major terrorist attack in France since January 2015, following the ''[[Charlie Hebdo]]'' and [[January 2015 Île-de-France attacks|Île-de-France attacks]] on 7–9 January 2015, and the [[Mass murder in Paris|Paris attacks]] on 13 November 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/world/europe/attack-nice-bastille-day.html|title=Death Toll From Terrorist Attack in Nice, France, Rises to 84|last=Breeden|first=Alissa J. Rubin, Adam Nossiter, Aurelien|date=15 July 2016|last2=Blaise|first2=Lilia|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref> |
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| + | On 16 July 2016, the IS-run media outlet [[Aamaq]] cited a "security source" as saying its "soldier had carried out the operation in response to calls to target the citizens of coalition countries fighting the [[Islamic State]]."<ref>''[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/16/nice-terror-attack-truck-driver-who-killed-84-named-as-loner-fre/ "Nice terror attack: Isil claims responsibility for Bastille day attack that killed 84 people"]''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:11, 16 July 2016
| Location | Nice, France |
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| Blamed on | Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel |
| Type | Vehicular assault |
| Deaths | 85 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 202 |
Mass murder in Nice took place on the evening of 14 July 2016 when Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian resident of France,[1][2] deliberately drove a 19-tonne cargo truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, killing 84 people and injuring hundreds more.[3] He was shot and killed by police, bringing the death toll to 85.
The incident was described as the third major terrorist attack in France since January 2015, following the Charlie Hebdo and Île-de-France attacks on 7–9 January 2015, and the Paris attacks on 13 November 2015.[4]
On 16 July 2016, the IS-run media outlet Aamaq cited a "security source" as saying its "soldier had carried out the operation in response to calls to target the citizens of coalition countries fighting the Islamic State."[5]
