Nice truck event
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Location | Nice, France |
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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 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",[5] 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.[6]
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."[7]
References
- ↑ a b http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/17/nice-terror-attack-police-vans-blocking-promenade-withdrawn-hour1/
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- ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nice-attack-what-we-know-so-far-1431671
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- ↑ "Nice terror attack: Isil claims responsibility for Bastille day attack that killed 84 people"