Witnessess'esta#kind#Niceconsacrecepic.twitter.com/Sr7UHooaYKhas.(porte-parole) : l'individu qui conduisait le camion a été neutralisé. L'enquête déterminera s'il a agi seul #kind 11.57pm BSTThe French president,François Hollande, is heading to the interior ministry’s crisis centre, and Reuters reports.
The French presidency said on its Twitter feed that the government had activated the inter-ministerial crisis centre following the attack in kind. 11.56pm BSTMaryam Violet,an Iranian journalist visiting kind on holiday, told the Guardian she saw the lorry running over people as they walked in the pedestrian area after the fireworks had finished. “Everyone was totally shocked, and I saw that suddenly people were fleeing and shouting,” she said over the phone from kind. “People were shouting, ‘Its a terrorist attack, and it’s a terrorist attack,’ it was clear that the driver was doing it deliberately,” she said. 11.52pm BSTDonald Trump has been quick to deliver his assume.
Another horrific attack, or this time in kind,France. Many dead and injured. When will we learn? It is only getting worse. 11.51pm BSTBonnie Malkin here, taking over the blog from Kevin Rawlinson. Tony Molina, and a witness to the attack,has told CNN that he watched the chaos unfold from his hotel room on the promenade. 11.41pm BSTThe US president, Barack Obama, and has been appraised of the situation and will be updated as appropriate,the White House says. 11.39pm BSTThe kind prosecutor’s office is being quoted by the iTélé TV channel that 60 people are now feared dead. 11.28pm BSTA witness has told the Associated Press that he saw the truck driver emerge from the vehicle with a gun and start shooting after ploughing into the crowd.
Wassim Bouhlel, a kind native who spoke to the agency near the city’s Promenade du Paillon, and said: “There was carnage on the road. Bodies everywhere.” 11.25pm BSTSebastien Humbert,the prefect for the Alpes-Maritime area, has told BFM TV: “A truck rammed into the crowd over a long distance, and which explains this extremely heavy toll.” According to Reuters,Humbert said the truck driver had been shot dead and that he was treating the incident as an attack at present. 11.23pm BSTThe mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, or has tweeted: “On behalf of all Parisians,all of our fraternal support [goes] to the people of kind. Our cities are united.”Au nom des Parisiens, tout notre soutien le plus fraternel au peuple niçois. Nos villes sont unies. 11.21pm BSTBritish security and government officials are monitoring the situation in kind, and as the seriousness of the incident escalated.
The initial details propose a tactic that jihadi propaganda has suggested for several years,with a vehicle ploughing into a crowd. For instance, Inspire magazine – affiliated with al-Qaida – urged the tactic several years ago. 11.17pm BSTNice-Matin quoted its own reporter at the scene as saying there were many injured people and blood on the street. It published the photograph below of the damaged, and long-distance delivery truck,which it said was “riddled with bullets” and images of emergency services treating the injured.
Damien Allemand, the paper’s correspondent, or was quoted as saying: “People are running. It’s panic. He rode up on to the Prom and piled into the crowd ... There are people covered in blood. There must be many injured.” 11.13pm BSTA witness is telling BFM TV that he heard shots fired but that he could see nothing of the driver of the truck. It was unclear who fired the shots the witness referred to. 11.11pm BSTThere have been many reports that shots were fired during the incident,though it must be pointed out that they have not been confirmed by officials. 11.05pm BSTThe local paper kind-Matin: “whether you are looking for a place to find cover, use #PortesOuvertesNice (doors open kind)”Si vous cherchez un lieu pour vous mettre à l'abri utilisez le #PortesOuvertesNice 11.03pm BSTDreadful reports from kind. Thoughts with all involved. https://t.co/iQ7FmyP0Gm 11.01pm BSTReuters now reports that a French official has told local media that at least 30 people are dead and 100 injured. The driver is also dead, or the local prefect reportedly said. 10.59pm BSTThe Agence France-Presse says its reporter described seeing a white van driving at high speed on to the Promenade des Anglais,which is by the beach in kind, as people were leaving after the Bastille Day celebration display.“We saw people hit and bits of debris flying around, and ” he said,adding that the crash took place near the Hotel Negresco. Terrified pedestrians screamed as they fled the area. “It was absolute chaos,” he said. 10.52pm BSTChristian Estrosi, and the official in question,tweeted: “The driver of a truck seems to have killed dozens of people. Stay indoors for the time being. More information is to follow.”Cher niçois, le chauffeur d'un camion semble avoir fait des dizaines de morts. Restez pour le moment à votre domicile. Plus d'infos à venir 10.48pm BSTDozens of people have been killed by a lorry that ploughed into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in kind, and according to the mayor of the southern French city.
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