– France was hit on its national day, the symbol of freedom, the president said in a sorrowful voice that was broadcast on television to the French people on the eve at 4 Friday morning.
Hollande says the attack late Thursday night undeniably marked by terror. The President also states that several children were among those killed.
– We are in a war that will persist, with a threat that renews, says France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy according to Le Monde Friday.
84 people are confirmed dead after the terrorist attacks in Nice, reports the French Interior Ministry. The French newspaper Nice Matine reports that 54 children are hospitalized after the attack, but this is not confirmed by the French authorities. The news agency AFP reports that “at least 50″ children are hospitalized after the attack.
The perpetrator identified
So far, the French authorities come out with the perpetrator’s name. But the man Thursday evening drove into the crowd on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice in southern France, was known to the police. He was however not on the list of the intelligence service.
The 31-year-old offender was known among other things for the police in connection with theft and assault cases, said a police source close to the investigation said.
according to police source is man a 31år old French-Tunisia. Which matches the information on the identity papers that were found in the truck that was used in the attack. The French TV channel Itel reports that identitspapirene belonged to the driver and the police now ransack his house.
Despicable scenes
It was during the celebration of Bastille Day that a truck ran into a crowd who had turned up to watch the fireworks on the waterfront promenade des Anglais.
the car continued two kilometers before the driver was shot and killed by police. Witnesses describe horrific scenes and tells the wreckage flew in the air while the car plowed through the crowd. According to Christian Estrosi, who heads the region Provence Alpes Cotes d’Azur, the car was loaded with grenades and guns. Estrosi was until recently the mayor of Nice.
– This is the worst tragedy in Nice’s history, he writes on Twitter.
After the attack lay dozens of dead people on the ground, and the beach at harbor promenade was virtually turned into a field hospital, according to local newspaper Nice-Matin.
found ID card
So far, none has assumed responsibility for the attack. A police source told the news agency AFP that is found identity card belonging to a 31 year old Frenchman with Tunisian background in the truck.
– Investigators are working to determine if the driver acted alone or whether he had accomplices who may have fled, said the spokesman Interior Ministry Pierre-Henry Brandt.
the Muslim Council of France condemns truck attacked in Nice, according to the French newspaper Le Monde.
– France has again been subjected to a very serious attack. It’s disgusting and cowardly attacks on our country on National Day, when we celebrate freedom equality and fraternity, says the press release quoted by Le Monde.
– Come straight to us
There are many Norwegians on holiday in Nice at the moment, but the foreign Ministry has currently no indications that any of them have been killed or wounded in Nice. People are encouraged to contact their families.
Several vacationers Norwegians say they have come close to the event. Norwegian Petter Ødegaard told VG that the streets were full of people before the truck began running down people.
– I crossed happen the way to get me out of the crowd, when it got weird noises and screams. It was the truck that hit people. I saw people being swallowed under the truck that slid into the crowd, followed by mass shooting. Then I started to run towards the hotel, he said.
Kristian Julius Stockholm describes the attack as against Aftonbladet:
– The car ran without lights. It came towards us. We threw ourselves to the side at the last second. There were several dead on the road. There was panic. People were hysterical. We ran down to the beach for fear that it should have with explosives, he said.
The news agency AFP writes that another source close to the investigation has told that an unexploded grenade was found inside the 19-ton truck as well as several fake rifles.
several witnesses have told that a man jumped out of the truck and fired shots into the crowd, but this has not been confirmed by the authorities.
Border
President Hollande stated that he has mobilized reservists in both army and police as a result of the attack. These forces will be specifically implemented to control France’s borders.
The state of emergency that has prevailed since the terrorist attack that killed 130 lives in Paris last year, extended also for three months.
The bloodbath in Nice occurred few hours after the French government announced that the state of emergency would not be extended after July 26.
in the television speech Friday morning said Hollande that France will strengthen its role in the fight against extremist group IS in Iraq and Syria after the attack Nice. No group had so far claimed responsibility for the deaths of at least 80 people during National Day celebrations in the southern French port city.
Brende about Nice: – Deeply shocked
Foreign Minister Brende (H) says he is deeply shocked by what has happened in Nice. He condolences its French counterpart.
– My thoughts are with those affected, their families and caregivers, says Brende in a message on Twitter Thursday night.
The foreign minister is in Mongolia where he attends a meeting of ASEM, which is the central meeting place for political dialogue between European and Asian countries. He says the meeting is affected by the event in France.
– Here are the European leaders as Germany’s Angela Merkel, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and EU President Donald Tusk. All have made tremendous distance from what has happened and condemned it. Now They discuss how to handle the fight against terror better future, says Brende said in an interview with NRK.
Germany stands at France’s side in the fight against terrorism, Prime Minister Angela Merkel during the same summit.
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