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| − | On 14 July 2016 [[Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel]], a [[lone nut]]<ref name=tele/> Tunisian resident of France with mental health problems,<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 fired a 7.65mm automatic handgun at police before they shot him dead on Thursday night, bringing the death toll to 85. The truck was initially reported as containing guns and "larger weapons",<ref>http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nice-attack-what-we-know-so-far-1431671</ref> but they "turned out to be fakes or replicas."<ref name=tele>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/17/nice-terror-attack-police-vans-blocking-promenade-withdrawn-hour1/</ref> | + | On 14 July 2016 [[Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel]], a [[lone nut]]<ref name=tele/> Tunisian resident of France with mental health problems,<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 fired a 7.65mm automatic handgun into the crowd<ref>http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/07/14/scenes-of-carnage-from-bastille-day-terror-attack-in-nice-france/</ref> and then at police before they shot him dead on Thursday night, bringing the death toll to 85. The truck was initially reported as containing guns and "larger weapons",<ref>http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nice-attack-what-we-know-so-far-1431671</ref> but they "turned out to be fakes or replicas."<ref name=tele>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/17/nice-terror-attack-police-vans-blocking-promenade-withdrawn-hour1/</ref> |
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Revision as of 04:00, 18 July 2016
 The truck | |
| Location | Nice, France |
|---|---|
| Blamed on | Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel |
| Type | Vehicular assault |
| Deaths | 85 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 202 |
Official narrative
On 14 July 2016 Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a lone nut[1] Tunisian resident of France with mental health problems,[2][3] 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.[4] He fired a 7.65mm automatic handgun into the crowd[5] and then at police before they shot him dead on Thursday night, bringing the death toll to 85. The truck was initially reported as containing guns and "larger weapons",[6] but they "turned out to be fakes or replicas."[1]
Background
The incident was described as the third mass murder 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.[7]
ISIS claims Responsibility?
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."[8]
References
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