Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said following a morning meeting of the country’s Security Council that additional “appropriate measures” would be taken for next week’s National Day celebrations, scheduled to take place on July 21, AP reported.
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In an interview on Fox News, Donald Trump said that “this is war” and called the Islamic State militant group a “cancer”, although it has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
French President François Hollande extended the country’s state of emergency, in place since the Paris attacks in November, by three months following a deadly truck attack.
The vehicle zig-zagged for just over one mile until police shot and killed the driver. Mr. Hollande had planned to lift the state of emergency, which grants his government extrajudicial powers, in less than two weeks. At least 50 children were in hospital.
US-led airstrikes, including by French warplanes, are taking a particularly heavy toll there.
She added: “We are working and (are) aware of reports that there has been a Briton involved but we are working urgently to establish if there are British nationals involved who have been caught up in this attack”.
“Nothing will shake us and make us renounce the fight against terrorism”, Hollande said.
President Barack Obama condemned what he said appears to be a terrorist attack and offered any assistance France needed from the U.S.to investigate and bring those responsible to justice.
“On this Bastille Day, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience and democratic values that have made France an inspiration to the entire world”.
They were among a flock of people gathered on the seafront for Bastille Day fireworks when an unidentified driver plowed into them with a truck hauling grenades and other weapons, according to Alyssa Weaver, the elder Copeland’s niece.
Ranstorp said that while the attack had some of the markings of a terror attack, it was also astonishingly simple.
“I think everybody will be shocked and distressed about this, another terrorist atrocity”.
Terrorism is a crime against humanity and no one knows whom and when it will strike next, Yildirim said, offering his condolences to those who lost their lives in the incident.
– THE VATICAN: “We condemn in the strongest terms all manifestations of homicidal madness, hatred, terrorism and every attack against peace”.
Dozens of people have travelled from Nice to join Islamic State, an expert said.
Italy strengthened controls at the border with France, said Interior Minister Angelino Alfano.
The Embassy is in ongoing contact with the French authorities.
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An image of a doll lying next to the covered body of a young victim killed in the Nice attack has underlined the horror of the massacre that left scores of people dead.
