U.S. President Barack Obama responded in a similar manner: “On this Bastille Day, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience and democratic values that have made France an inspiration to the entire world”. He said the extremists’ “poisonous and twisted ideology” will be defeated in France, London and other parts of the world. They added that today’s racing will be dedicated to the victims of the attack. Shares in similar companies experienced virtually the same reaction following the Brussels terrorist attacks in March, when attackers detonated explosive devices in the Belgian capital’s airport and metro network.
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He told Good Morning Britain over the phone that he had just returned to his room after the Bastille Day firework display when the attack happened.
Although the road was cordoned off, the driver managed to cover more than a mile along the packed waterfront strip before being shot by police.
He also said a military operation was in place which would allow the mobilisation of 10,000 troops, and that police from across the country would be called to assist their colleagues in Nice. A suspected accomplice is still missing.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which a large truck plowed into a crowd in Nice, France, killing more than 80 people late Thursday.
It is believed that 84 people were killed in the horrific attack – including several children. If this is a terrorist incident, as this appears to be, this represents a continuing threat to us in the whole of Europe and we must meet it together.
Fuentes said the radicalization of “homegrown people” is becoming an issue in the United States as well following the attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Orlando, Florida.
Perth City Council lit up their Council House with Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi saying “our hearts beat with their (victims) family and friends”. We need to eradicate this movement because it will cause many more (attacks) in the future.
Hollande told reporters Friday that about 50 people were still “between life and death” after the attack.
“And it keeps getting worse since attacks in Paris because they are using profiling and they are stopping people who look like Arabs on trains and buses, checking their IDs which we don’t even do in this country”.
“The FCO are in touch with the local authorities to seek more information and we stand ready to help any British nationals and to support our French partners”. We need to strengthen our alliances, and I include in North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in that’.
“We’d just watched the fireworks on the shore, then walked into a bar near the promenade when we heard gunshots”, he said. “It’s something you’re not supposed to see”, she said.
He says the U.S.is providing assistance to those affected by the attack, while the embassy tries to account for all Americans in the Mediterranean city.
Eyewitnesses in the resort said they assumed the driver had lost control as panic broke out.
“I would intensify those efforts, ‘ she said, telling the host she would have ‘no problem” with having a worldwide summit to talk about defeating ISIS, as well.
“Our country was not ready; now we must get ready”, Georges Fenech, head of the commission, said.
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She said on CNN, ‘It is true that there has been progress on the battle field in Syria and Iraq, territory is being taken back, airstrikes have been consistent and relentless.
