Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 80 people were killed. The witness said he saw only the driver. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for “murder and attempted murder in an organized group linked to a terrorist enterprise”.
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La Provence, from the southern city of Marseille, also shows a line of sheet-covered bodies with the simple headline “Horror” along with “Attack in Nice – France struck again”.
Identity papers belonging to the 31-year-old were reportedly found in the cab after the attack, which left at least 84 people dead.
Terrorism is a common threat for all countries, Xi said, adding that China firmly opposes terrorism in any form.
The truck driver was scene shooting from the window of the truck as he smashed into the revellers and was then shot dead by police.
“I was enjoying the Bastille Day fireworks just like thousands of other people at the promenade in Nice”, he said.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Nice, France as they work to deal with the challenging and troubling circumstances created by this horrific attack”, according to the sheriff’s department statement.
Several weapons, guns and grenades have since been found inside the vehicle, Mr Estrosi has confirmed.
He was said to be a resident of Nice, who was known to police in connection with theft and violence offences’.
He said that the day is a “symbol of liberty”, and that “human rights are denied by fanatics and France is quite clearly their target”. “And we are going to reinforce even more our actions in Syria as in Iraq”, he said. “We will continue striking those who attack us on our own soil”.
On Friday morning, police forensics officers were combing through the truck, which remained where it stopped, its front badly damaged and riddled with bullet holes, and its tyres burst. The state of emergency has been extended.
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said he was afflicted by the “cowardly attack” and that Europe’s determination in the fight against terrorism would be “as firm as our unity”.
“They were yelling stuff and I got really scared”.
An American witness at the scene told CNN the driver of the truck was mowing bodies over, that he appeared to accelerate as he hit those bodies.
UNITED NATIONS-The UN Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned the “barbaric and cowardly terrorist attack” that took place during Bastille Day celebrations in the French city of Nice.
One image on Twitter showed about a dozen people lying on the street.
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I saw bodies flying like bowling pins along its route.
