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60 Dead in an Attack in Nice France
A large truck drove into a crowd who gathered for a fireworks show in the southern French city of Nice, killing at least 60 people and injuring 100 more in an apparent terror attack, officials said.
“Dozens are dead. Go to your home. An Investigation is beginning now.” A statement given by the President of Nice, France.
The driver of the truck was also dead. A witness, Wassim Bouhlel, told the Associated Press that he saw the truck drive into the crowd, then witnessed the driver emerge with a gun and start shooting.
The apparent attack happened at around 10:30 p.m. on the Promenade des Anglais, a major boulevard along the Mediterranean Sea.
A photo taken by the reporter showed around a dozen people lying in the street, with some being tended to by emergency personnel.
The paper posted an image of the truck on Twitter, captioning it, “The truck that drove into the crowd.”
July 14 is a national holiday in France that commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris and the start of the French Revolution.
A local Nice Matin journalist on the scene reported: “People ran, there was panic. He drove onto the promenade and ploughed into the crowd. There is a huge amount of blood and without doubt a lot of people have been hurt.”
A witness who gave his name as Antoine said: “We were at the Neptune beach and a firework display had just finished. That is when we saw a white lorry. It was going quickly at 60-70 kilometres an hour.”
Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP near Nice’s Promenade du Paillon, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd and then witnessed the man emerge with a gun and start shooting.
“There was carnage on the road,” Bouhlel said. “Bodies everywhere. It is absolute chaos,” said an eye witness who works in the Nice judiciary.
“There are reports of dozens of people killed, and many more injured. Bodies are lying everywhere. Police are flooding the streets, including anti-terrorism officers. Nobody knows what to do, except to hide away. Gunmen are meant to be targeting hotels.”
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