Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that the terrorist attack on a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice “reflects deep resentment to peace and democratic values”.
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The attack has not been claimed by any group, but Hollande said in an address to the nation early Friday that the attack was of an “undeniable terrorist nature”.
After the vicious terrorist attack during the celebration for France’s Independence Day, the bodies of young girls and boys were left covered in blankets with their dolls and strollers still next to them, according to Daily Mail.
“We are facing a war that terrorism has brought to us”, said Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Friday after an emergency meeting.
“It was terrifying, especially because we didn’t know what was going on”.
Flags at the National Assembly and Welsh Government buildings are being flown at half mast after an attack in the southern French city of Nice.
He also said he had called on reservists to boost the ranks of police and gendarmes. This monstrosity of using a lorry to deliberately kill people, many people, who only came out to celebrate their national day.
French president Francois Hollande said in a national address “We can not deny that it was a terror attack” and extended the country’s state of emergency by three months.
Nice regional president Christian Estrosi said guns and grenades were found in the lorry. The Nice-Matin newspaper later identifies the attacker as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel. Local officials have confirmed that the driver of the truck is now dead.
Both presidential candidates also condemned the attacks, with Republican Donald Trump declaring “this is war” and Democrat Hillary Clinton vowing “we will not be intimidated”.
“Let us weep with them, let us stand with them”.
“This disgusting attack in Nice confirms the urgency of our work to fight terrorism”, Lavrov said.
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Meanwhile, the opposition leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Moise Katumbi, linked the veracity of the attack to those of the United States and his country the DRC.
