French TV reports apparently described Bouhlel as a young father of three who may have been going through a crumbling marriage, though other reports allege he was not married. It was not immediately clear how long he lived in France.
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Birmingham City Council also had a French flag flying at half mast today following the suspected ISIS attack.
During the festivities of Bastille Day in Nice, France on Thursday night, a large truck plowed through the crowded streets, killing 84 people.
Around 50 children were being treated at a paediatric hospital close to the scene of the attack.
In the wake of the attack in Nice, Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh have extended condolences to their French counterparts Francois Hollande, Manuel Valls and Jean-Marc Ayrault.
His hometown Msaken is about 10 km (six miles) outside the coastal city of Sousse, where a gunman killed 38 people, mostly British holidaymakers, on a beach a year ago.
The draft bill will be presented next Tuesday to the Cabinet, followed by the National Assembly on Wednesday and Thursday. The website includes a list of government efforts, a directory of organizations and resources for victims and information about terrorist attacks.
“We will not be deterred, we will not relent, we will keep working together to prevent attacks to our homeland”, Mr. Obama said from the East Room in remarks during the Diplomatic Corps reception. “We will continue to strike those who attack us on our own soil”, Hollande stressed. Further investigation of the truck found grenades, and firearms report local media.
He fired several times on three police officers and continued to race for 300 meters before being neutralized by security forces, Molins continued, saying that Bouhlel was shot dead on the passenger side of the truck cabin.
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The Telegraph quoted a source who said: “He was known to the police for violence, and using weapons, but had no direct links with terrorism”.
