He said “Canadians are shocked by tonight’s attack in Nice”.
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Two US citizens and a Ukrainian were also among those killed, their countries said.
French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said the truck driver had been “neutralized” and an investigation would confirm whether he had acted alone. He said a handgun was found inside the truck, along with multiple fake guns and a fake grenade.
The attack followed the November terrorist attack at a Paris nightclub that killed 130 people and the January 2015 attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 17 people. The threat of an attack in the United Kingdom remains “severe”, which it has been since 2014, one step below “critical”, when an attack is expected imminently.
Thousands of people were packed along the Promenade des Anglais for the fireworks show when a truck accelerated through the crowd, fatally crushed people, including children, for more than a mile. Belgium was the target of a terror attack in March that killed 32 people and injured more than 300. By morning, no group had officially claimed responsibility for the attack.Pascal Rossignol/ReutersInvestigators carry evidence bags after they conducted a search at the apartment of Bouhlel. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton chimed in on the France terror attack.
“The attack was “undeniably” of a “terrorist nature”.
Mayor Christian Estrosi issued a statement on Twitter, urging Nice residents to stay in their homes.
Hollande said the state of emergency in France, ongoing for nine months, would be extended for another three months. He was known to police for petty crimes, reports CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer.
“It was like a riot with people screaming”, he said.
Tunisian security sources told Reuters Bouhlel had last visited his hometown of Msaken, about 120 km (75 miles) south of Tunis, four years ago.
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He praised the swift efforts of the emergency services in response to the attack.
