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| Nice truck attack: France mourns again after 84 killed in Bastille day atrocity – live | Nice truck attack: France mourns again after 84 killed in Bastille day atrocity – live |
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| What we know so far | |
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| The incident is being widely described as a “terrorist” attack, but the motive of the driver, who was shot dead by police after killing at least 84 people, is not known. | |
| The driver, a 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian born in Tunisia, was known to the police but not the intelligence services, a police told Reuters. | |
| Extremist expert Charlie Winter, senior research associate at Georgia State University, points out that Islamic State has not issued any statement on Nice so far. | |
| For the avoidance of any doubt: #IS has not issued any official communications regarding #Nice. | |
| Islamic State supporters have been “celebrating” the attack on social media, according to the Site monitoring group. | |
| IS Supporters Celebrate Attack in Nice: “They Brought This to Themselves” https://t.co/FKntUlacXh | |
| 8.25am BST | 8.25am BST |
| 08:25 | 08:25 |
| Sam Jones | Sam Jones |
| Spain’s acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, has just addressed the country in the wake of the Nice attack. He said: | 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. | “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 terrorism, is present and active in that global response.” | |
| Rajoy also said there was no evidence that any of the victims was Spanish. | |
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| at 8.45am BST | |
| 8.19am BST | 8.19am BST |
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| This from my colleague Oliver Duggan: | 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 | 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. | 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 | 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 | 8.15am BST |
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| The whole esplanade is on lock down and the streets are empty after people were advised to stay home, Sophie Fischer writes from Nice. | 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. | 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 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.” | 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. | 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. | Victims, some covered in blood, hugged each other outside the centre before being treated. |
| 8.03am BST | 8.03am BST |
| 08:03 | 08:03 |
| Spectator assistant editor Isabel Hardman was walking back from watching fireworks on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice when the attack occurred. | 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. | “Nobody knew what they were running from,” she says. |
| 7.57am BST | 7.57am BST |
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| Labour leadership candidate, Owen Smith, has cancelled a planned campaign launch today. | 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 | Updated |
| at 8.01am BST | at 8.01am BST |
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| 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 |
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| 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.” |
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| 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. | 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 | Updated |
| at 8.00am BST | at 8.00am BST |