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| Nice truck attack: France mourns again after 84 killed in Bastille day atrocity – live | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 8.25am BST | |
| 08:25 | |
| Sam Jones | |
| Spain’s acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has just addressed the country in the wake of the Nice attack. He said: | |
| “I want to express the Spanish government’s condolences following last night’s brutal terrorist attack in Nice. Today, we feel the immense pain that afflicts our neighbours as if it were our own. It’s a pain that all good people feel as potential victims of barbarity, senselessness and the most absolute disregard for human life. I’d like to reiterate once again our loyal and sincere commitment to our French neighbours, partners, allies and friends. | |
| “Spain will give its full co-operation to France to help find, pursue and punish terrorists and those who support and protect them. We know that no one is completely safe from atrocities like last night’s, which, until recently, would have been unimaginable. We are facing a global threat that demands a global and integrated response. And Spain, which has suffered deeply from terrorist, is present and active in that global response.” | |
| 8.19am BST | |
| 08:19 | |
| This from my colleague Oliver Duggan: | |
| There have been 12 terror attacks in the EU since July 2012. Seven of them in France, killing 244 - five times more than rest combined #Nice | |
| He also notes that it is the funeral of Labour MP Jo Cox today. Her husband Brendan tweeted that he is “thinking of all victims of hatred” today. | |
| Jo wld ask us not 2 fight hate with hate but draw together 2 drain the swamp that extremism breeds in.Thinking of all victims of hatred 2day | |
| 8.15am BST | |
| 08:15 | |
| The whole esplanade is on lock down and the streets are empty after people were advised to stay home, Sophie Fischer writes from Nice. | |
| Police are patrolling every entry to promenade and are refusing passage to everyone, even journalists. Employees of the hotels on the promenade are having trouble getting to work and are being searched. All we see on the streets are tourists with their luggage and children hurrying back to the airport, and a couple of witnesses wrapped up in blankets shaking their heads, crying. | |
| A caretaker of a building on the promenade was crying in front of the entry after witnessing the attack. “There were bodies everywhere. Children, mothers. A guy from the building almost lost his kids. I still don’t understand,” he said. | |
| A couple who were watching the fireworks from their balcony on the promenade said “There were families crossing the street with kids with bodies everywhere. I saw a mum covering her child’s eyes telling him to keep them tightly shut.” | |
| At the Mediterenian university centre, where emergency psychological support is been given to people present at the scene, people are bundled up in blankets outside, sometimes covered in blood or bandages. Rescue teams are evacuating them to a location further away from the scene. | |
| Victims, some covered in blood, hugged each other outside the centre before being treated. | |
| 8.03am BST | |
| 08:03 | |
| Spectator assistant editor Isabel Hardman was walking back from watching fireworks on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice when the attack occurred. | |
| “Nobody knew what they were running from,” she says. | |
| 7.57am BST | 7.57am BST |
| 07:57 | 07:57 |
| Labour leadership candidate, Owen Smith, has cancelled a planned campaign launch today. | |
| In light of the heartbreaking news from Nice, I am cancelling today's campaign launch. Solidarité et fraternité avec le peuple Français. | In light of the heartbreaking news from Nice, I am cancelling today's campaign launch. Solidarité et fraternité avec le peuple Français. |
| Updated | |
| at 8.01am BST | |
| 7.54am BST | 7.54am BST |
| 07:54 | 07:54 |
| The French front pages this morning | The French front pages this morning |
| "L'horreur, à nouveau" La une de la dernière édition de @Le_Figaro #Nice #attentat pic.twitter.com/GjB9Dqz5ET | "L'horreur, à nouveau" La une de la dernière édition de @Le_Figaro #Nice #attentat pic.twitter.com/GjB9Dqz5ET |
| La une de Nice-Matin du vendredi 15 juillet : carnage à Nice, neuf pages spéciales #Nice06 pic.twitter.com/5ifSQPClyI | La une de Nice-Matin du vendredi 15 juillet : carnage à Nice, neuf pages spéciales #Nice06 pic.twitter.com/5ifSQPClyI |
| #Nice06 : @laprovence consacre dans son éd. de #Marseille une double page événement au drame https://t.co/SJuyiaSl7O pic.twitter.com/TROQFo7Ot9 | #Nice06 : @laprovence consacre dans son éd. de #Marseille une double page événement au drame https://t.co/SJuyiaSl7O pic.twitter.com/TROQFo7Ot9 |
| La Une du @lesoir ce vendredi 15 juillet: "L'horreur à #Nice" https://t.co/cwwapndmZo pic.twitter.com/9wfZoSg4fZ | La Une du @lesoir ce vendredi 15 juillet: "L'horreur à #Nice" https://t.co/cwwapndmZo pic.twitter.com/9wfZoSg4fZ |
| #Nice Portada de @le_Parisien pic.twitter.com/Sr7UHooaYK | #Nice Portada de @le_Parisien pic.twitter.com/Sr7UHooaYK |
| 7.50am BST | 7.50am BST |
| 07:50 | 07:50 |
| Shaun Walker | Shaun Walker |
| Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has made a statement about Nice on Facebook, expressing condolences but also complaining that the west should focus on real threats from terrorism and not on “hybrid” threats. (Russia’s war in Ukraine has been described as a “hybrid war”) | Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has made a statement about Nice on Facebook, expressing condolences but also complaining that the west should focus on real threats from terrorism and not on “hybrid” threats. (Russia’s war in Ukraine has been described as a “hybrid war”) |
| Let’s not fight with ‘hybrid threats’ but with real ones. Let’s do it together, because we are all the same when we die at the hands of terrorists and extremists. It’s time to smooth over our differences before this kind of tragedy, and not only afterwards. | Let’s not fight with ‘hybrid threats’ but with real ones. Let’s do it together, because we are all the same when we die at the hands of terrorists and extremists. It’s time to smooth over our differences before this kind of tragedy, and not only afterwards. |
| The Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently in Mongolia, wrote on Facebook that the international community should use force to combat terrorism: | The Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, who is currently in Mongolia, wrote on Facebook that the international community should use force to combat terrorism: |
| “Terrorism knows no borders and is a common challenge for both Europe and Asia. Together we must look for a response to challenges like this, demonstrate solidarity, and make every effort to fight terrorism. Force is all terrorists and their sponsors understand, and that is what we must use.” | “Terrorism knows no borders and is a common challenge for both Europe and Asia. Together we must look for a response to challenges like this, demonstrate solidarity, and make every effort to fight terrorism. Force is all terrorists and their sponsors understand, and that is what we must use.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.59am BST | at 7.59am BST |
| 7.47am BST | 7.47am BST |
| 07:47 | 07:47 |
| Italy has tightened border controls at three road crossings into France and at the Ventimiglia train link between the two countries. The Italian interior minister, Angelino Alfano, tweeted: “Our security apparatus is at work.” He also said he was due to get a counter-terrorism briefing later this morning. | |
| Rafforzati controlli ai tre valichi terrestri e a quello ferroviario #Ventimiglia. I nostri apparati di sicurezza sono al lavoro. #Nizza | Rafforzati controlli ai tre valichi terrestri e a quello ferroviario #Ventimiglia. I nostri apparati di sicurezza sono al lavoro. #Nizza |
| Ho convocato per domattina alle 9 al Viminale il Comitato Analisi Strategica Antiterrorismo #Nizza | Ho convocato per domattina alle 9 al Viminale il Comitato Analisi Strategica Antiterrorismo #Nizza |
| Updated | |
| at 8.00am BST | |
| 7.36am BST | 7.36am BST |
| 07:36 | 07:36 |
| There has been swift and widespread international condemnation. | There has been swift and widespread international condemnation. |
| The United Nations security council said it “condemned in the strongest terms the barbaric and cowardly terrorist attack”. | |
| China’s president, Xi Jinping, called it an “appalling” attack in Nice amid reports that at two Chinese citizens were among the injured. According to the People’s Daily, the Communist party’s mouthpiece, Xi Jinping has told François Hollande that China is “against all forms of terrorism [and is] willing to deepen co-operation with France to counter-terrorism”. | |
| Here’s a sample of more reaction from other world leaders: | Here’s a sample of more reaction from other world leaders: |
| My deepest condolences to France, those who suffered in this heinous act of terror in Nice and families of victims https://t.co/OiafU5zfKh | My deepest condolences to France, those who suffered in this heinous act of terror in Nice and families of victims https://t.co/OiafU5zfKh |
| #AttentatNice is an attack on us all. An attack on democracy & human rights. Denmark is with France and the victims' families in the sorrow | #AttentatNice is an attack on us all. An attack on democracy & human rights. Denmark is with France and the victims' families in the sorrow |
| #ASEM11 plénière: "Vive la #France et sa République qui aujourd'hui est aussi la nôtre." #Nice06 pic.twitter.com/JSH0XMKm31 | #ASEM11 plénière: "Vive la #France et sa République qui aujourd'hui est aussi la nôtre." #Nice06 pic.twitter.com/JSH0XMKm31 |
| Prime Minister Trudeau extends his deepest condolences to the families and friends of those killed in Nice, France: https://t.co/rCNZncJFvA | Prime Minister Trudeau extends his deepest condolences to the families and friends of those killed in Nice, France: https://t.co/rCNZncJFvA |
| Toutes mes pensées pour les victimes de l'attentat ignoble et lâche de #Nice. Solidarité avec la #France. | Toutes mes pensées pour les victimes de l'attentat ignoble et lâche de #Nice. Solidarité avec la #France. |
| My deepest condolences to the victims of the attack in Nice and their families. We stand together with France to end these acts of terror. | My deepest condolences to the victims of the attack in Nice and their families. We stand together with France to end these acts of terror. |
| Updated | |
| at 8.01am BST | |
| 7.27am BST | 7.27am BST |
| 07:27 | 07:27 |
| Matthew Weaver | Matthew Weaver |
| Witnesses have continued to described horrific scenes. Wassim Bouhel told the French TV channel iTele that the lorry zigzagged across the road. | |
| “We almost died. It was like hallucinating ... (the lorry) zigzagged - you had no idea where it was going. My wife ... a metre away ... she was dead. The lorry ripped through everything ... poles, trees. We have never seen anything like it. Some people were hanging on the door and tried to stop it.” | “We almost died. It was like hallucinating ... (the lorry) zigzagged - you had no idea where it was going. My wife ... a metre away ... she was dead. The lorry ripped through everything ... poles, trees. We have never seen anything like it. Some people were hanging on the door and tried to stop it.” |
| Lucy Nesbitt-Comaskey told Sky News that the noise of gunfire “sounded like Beirut”. She said: | Lucy Nesbitt-Comaskey told Sky News that the noise of gunfire “sounded like Beirut”. She said: |
| “It was shocking, it was devastating and I cannot believe that I have come over here for a few days and I have got mixed up in something so tragic. It was just awful. I said to my friend ‘This doesn’t sound like fireworks, it sounds like Beirut when it’s under fire’. All of a sudden people were screaming in the streets and running into all the restaurants. All the restaurants were open and people were coming. We were just sitting there and everyone came into our restaurant and the owners were saying ‘Please don’t go anywhere, come in, come in’. | |
| Briton Will Shaw told BBC Radio 4: | Briton Will Shaw told BBC Radio 4: |
| “It was quite chaotic really. There was a lot of people screaming, running around and people were kind of being pushed over, I think, from people just being so frightened about what was going on especially after hearing the gunshots. I had to help a couple of people up who were in distress on the floor because everyone was in such a panic.” | “It was quite chaotic really. There was a lot of people screaming, running around and people were kind of being pushed over, I think, from people just being so frightened about what was going on especially after hearing the gunshots. I had to help a couple of people up who were in distress on the floor because everyone was in such a panic.” |
| Updated | |
| at 8.03am BST | |
| 6.58am BST | 6.58am BST |
| 06:58 | 06:58 |
| Social media users have reacted with horror to the attack, using the hashtags #Nice06, #prayforNice and #porteouverte (door open) to express their sorrow and solidarity. | Social media users have reacted with horror to the attack, using the hashtags #Nice06, #prayforNice and #porteouverte (door open) to express their sorrow and solidarity. |
| There are no words for this madness. #Nice pic.twitter.com/MNkjqYW0bx | There are no words for this madness. #Nice pic.twitter.com/MNkjqYW0bx |
| Watching the news, horrific events in #Nice #France sad day pic.twitter.com/xzThRpTVQK | Watching the news, horrific events in #Nice #France sad day pic.twitter.com/xzThRpTVQK |
| So sad... #Nice06 🇫🇷😔🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/QmHHV84xVb | So sad... #Nice06 🇫🇷😔🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/QmHHV84xVb |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.59am BST | at 6.59am BST |
| 6.42am BST | 6.42am BST |
| 06:42 | 06:42 |
| Police source: driver was known to authorities | Police source: driver was known to authorities |
| The gunman who killed at least 80 people when he drove a heavy truck into a crowd in Nice was a 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian born in Tunisia, a police source close to the investigation has told Reuters news agency. | The gunman who killed at least 80 people when he drove a heavy truck into a crowd in Nice was a 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian born in Tunisia, a police source close to the investigation has told Reuters news agency. |
| The man was not on the watchlist of French intelligence services but was known to police in connection with common law crimes such as theft and violence, the source said. | The man was not on the watchlist of French intelligence services but was known to police in connection with common law crimes such as theft and violence, the source said. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.47am BST | at 6.47am BST |
| 6.36am BST | 6.36am BST |
| 06:36 | 06:36 |
| Death toll rises to 84 | Death toll rises to 84 |
| #BREAKING: Nice truck attack death toll rises to 84: interior ministry | #BREAKING: Nice truck attack death toll rises to 84: interior ministry |
| 6.33am BST | 6.33am BST |
| 06:33 | 06:33 |
| Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has confirmed that three Australians are among the injured. They were fleeing the attack when they were hurt, she said. | Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has confirmed that three Australians are among the injured. They were fleeing the attack when they were hurt, she said. |
| Bishop: The overall level of advice for France hasn't changed. We continue to advise Australians to exercise a high degree of caution #Nice | Bishop: The overall level of advice for France hasn't changed. We continue to advise Australians to exercise a high degree of caution #Nice |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.36am BST | at 6.36am BST |
| 6.26am BST | 6.26am BST |
| 06:26 | 06:26 |
| 'I've never seen panic like it before' | 'I've never seen panic like it before' |
| A witness, John Curtis, has emailed from Nice to describe the chaos that unfolded when the attack took place. | A witness, John Curtis, has emailed from Nice to describe the chaos that unfolded when the attack took place. |
| We’re renting an apartment in Nice in rue Andrioli, about two or three hundred metres west of the [hotel] Negresco. We watched the fireworks sitting on a wall overlooking the beach. | We’re renting an apartment in Nice in rue Andrioli, about two or three hundred metres west of the [hotel] Negresco. We watched the fireworks sitting on a wall overlooking the beach. |
| There were thousands of people including lots of families with young children. When the fireworks were over we walked back along the the Promenade des Anglais. There were no cars and the wide dual-carriageway was completely taken over by pedestrians. | There were thousands of people including lots of families with young children. When the fireworks were over we walked back along the the Promenade des Anglais. There were no cars and the wide dual-carriageway was completely taken over by pedestrians. |
| We crossed over to the landward side and had just reached the point where there was traffic again. On our side of the road, where the traffic was heading out of town, there was nose to tail traffic but the other side of the central reservation was traffic-free. | We crossed over to the landward side and had just reached the point where there was traffic again. On our side of the road, where the traffic was heading out of town, there was nose to tail traffic but the other side of the central reservation was traffic-free. |
| Suddenly on the other side of the road we could see a white truck driving very fast and swerving from side to side. I knew immediately that it was going to kill people and it was heading straight into the crowds. People started running towards the side streets. | Suddenly on the other side of the road we could see a white truck driving very fast and swerving from side to side. I knew immediately that it was going to kill people and it was heading straight into the crowds. People started running towards the side streets. |
| I’ve never seen panic like it before. We were swept along by the crowd and we managed to get back to our apartment. | I’ve never seen panic like it before. We were swept along by the crowd and we managed to get back to our apartment. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 7.25am BST | at 7.25am BST |
| 6.24am BST | 6.24am BST |
| 06:24 | 06:24 |
| Children undergoing surgery | Children undergoing surgery |
| Laurence Marie from the Lenval paediatric hospital has told Reuters news agency that “many” children were undergoing serious operations there. | Laurence Marie from the Lenval paediatric hospital has told Reuters news agency that “many” children were undergoing serious operations there. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.36am BST | at 6.36am BST |
| 6.17am BST | 6.17am BST |
| 06:17 | 06:17 |
| As dawn breaks on the Promenade des Anglais, many relatives of the missing are still searching for their loved ones. | As dawn breaks on the Promenade des Anglais, many relatives of the missing are still searching for their loved ones. |
| Dawn revealed pools of dried blood, smashed children’s strollers, an uneaten baguette and other debris strewn about the promenade, according to Reuters. | Dawn revealed pools of dried blood, smashed children’s strollers, an uneaten baguette and other debris strewn about the promenade, according to Reuters. |
| What appeared to be bodies covered in blankets were visible between the gaps in security screens. | What appeared to be bodies covered in blankets were visible between the gaps in security screens. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.32am BST | at 6.32am BST |
| 6.00am BST | 6.00am BST |
| 06:00 | 06:00 |
| What we know so far | What we know so far |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 6.47am BST | at 6.47am BST |