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| Nice 'terrorist attack': truck hits Bastille Day crowd killing 77 people – live updates | Nice 'terrorist attack': truck hits Bastille Day crowd killing 77 people – live updates |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 2.37am BST | |
| 02:37 | |
| Details about the driver emerge - reports | |
| Both French TV station BFM and local newspaper Nice-Matin are reporting that the driver is a 31-year-old with dual French-Tunisian nationality. | |
| BFM is quoting a police source via Agence France-Presse who said that an ID card was found inside the truck. Reports say the man was a Nice resident. | |
| INFO NICE-MATIN. Un Niçois d'origine tunisienne au volant du camion #AttentatNice https://t.co/hklMbEMcO1 pic.twitter.com/fOIQNS5UN4 | |
| 2.26am BST | |
| 02:26 | |
| Related: Bastille Day truck attack: truck kills more than 70 in France – in pictures | |
| 2.22am BST | |
| 02:22 | |
| The president of the region that includes Nice has announced that the city’s jazz festival, due to open on Saturday, and a Rihanna concert planned for Friday evening, have both been cancelled after the deadly truck attack. | |
| Christian Estrosi said flags would be lowered across the city on Friday. | |
| Dès demain les drapeaux de la ville seront en berne. Après l'annulation du concert de Rihanna, le festival du jazz est annulé. | |
| 2.20am BST | |
| 02:20 | |
| Le Figaro’s front page | |
| EN DIRECT - "L'horreur, à nouveau" à la une du Figaro >> https://t.co/2F6oHpGeRM pic.twitter.com/5CbE3VlzDj | |
| 2.13am BST | |
| 02:13 | |
| Hollande to hold a press conference in about 20 minutes | |
| Attentat de Nice : allocution télévisée de Hollande vers 03H30 (Elysée) #AFP | |
| 2.12am BST | |
| 02:12 | |
| 'I have never been so terrified in my life' | |
| An Australian tourist in Nice has told the Australian Associated Press she could hear gunshots as the truck ploughed through crowds.Katie Baronie Shaw, 21, said she and a friend had walked from a foreshore fireworks display to a nearby bar when the music stopped and gunfire rang out.“We had no idea what was going on. Then all we could hear was gunshots. My friend just grabbed me and we all went out the back stairs and had to sprint out staying low with guys ushering us away from the foreshore.”Shaw sheltered inside the bar as staff pushed everyone to the back and pulled down roller doors.“We just sprinted, heads down, I’ve never been so terrified in my life.” | |
| 2.06am BST | 2.06am BST |
| 02:06 | 02:06 |
| Jessica Reed | Jessica Reed |
| The French Muslim Council has condemned the attack “with the greatest vigor”. | The French Muslim Council has condemned the attack “with the greatest vigor”. |
| The council statement says “France has been hit yet another time by a terrorist attack of the utmost severity”, adding that this “odious terrorist act took aim at our country on the very day of its national holiday (Bastille Day), a day which celebrates liberty, equality and fraternity”. | The council statement says “France has been hit yet another time by a terrorist attack of the utmost severity”, adding that this “odious terrorist act took aim at our country on the very day of its national holiday (Bastille Day), a day which celebrates liberty, equality and fraternity”. |
| The Council called for French Muslims to pray this Friday “to the memory of the victims of this barbarian attack”. | The Council called for French Muslims to pray this Friday “to the memory of the victims of this barbarian attack”. |
| 1.58am BST | 1.58am BST |
| 01:58 | 01:58 |
| Relatives of the missing plea for help | Relatives of the missing plea for help |
| Family members of those who have not been in touch since the attack have been posting their details on Twitter in the hope of locating them. | Family members of those who have not been in touch since the attack have been posting their details on Twitter in the hope of locating them. |
| Théo 15 ans en vacance a côté de Nice si vous l'avez vu merci de me tenir au courant en dm #Nice06 #Attentat pic.twitter.com/nWPNDpKfJO | Théo 15 ans en vacance a côté de Nice si vous l'avez vu merci de me tenir au courant en dm #Nice06 #Attentat pic.twitter.com/nWPNDpKfJO |
| ON RECHERCHE FLORENCE, LAURENT ET ALEXIS CE SOIR #Nice06 #PortesOuvertesNice #Nice pic.twitter.com/TVt0jaqV7m | ON RECHERCHE FLORENCE, LAURENT ET ALEXIS CE SOIR #Nice06 #PortesOuvertesNice #Nice pic.twitter.com/TVt0jaqV7m |
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| 01:47 | 01:47 |
| Death toll rises to 77 | Death toll rises to 77 |
| Christian Estrosi, the president of the Nice region, has told iTélé that the death toll is now 77. | Christian Estrosi, the president of the Nice region, has told iTélé that the death toll is now 77. |
| 77 morts à #Nice selon Christian Estrosi cité par iTele pic.twitter.com/26LRItAs70 | 77 morts à #Nice selon Christian Estrosi cité par iTele pic.twitter.com/26LRItAs70 |
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| 01:33 | 01:33 |
| The lobby of the Hotel Negresco has been turned into a makeshift hospital. | The lobby of the Hotel Negresco has been turned into a makeshift hospital. |
| #NiceAttentat : dans le hall du Negresco transformé en hôpital. Les témoins sont entendus par les enquêteurs pic.twitter.com/FsBjNfRVQw | #NiceAttentat : dans le hall du Negresco transformé en hôpital. Les témoins sont entendus par les enquêteurs pic.twitter.com/FsBjNfRVQw |
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| 1.23am BST | 1.23am BST |
| 01:23 | 01:23 |
| What we know so far | What we know so far |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.54am BST | at 1.54am BST |
| 1.15am BST | 1.15am BST |
| 01:15 | 01:15 |
| 'The worst catastrophe our region has seen' | 'The worst catastrophe our region has seen' |
| Jessica Reed | Jessica Reed |
| Minutes ago the president of the Nice region, Christian Estrosi, held a press conference. He said: | Minutes ago the president of the Nice region, Christian Estrosi, held a press conference. He said: |
| This is the worst catastrophe our region has seen in modern history. We now have to mobilise all of our services, all the psychologists, volunteers who are trained to help fellow human beings. | This is the worst catastrophe our region has seen in modern history. We now have to mobilise all of our services, all the psychologists, volunteers who are trained to help fellow human beings. |
| We will work with the imams, priests and rabbis who will also join us to help the victims and families who are suffering and will probably never heal their wounds ... I want to thank people who welcomed passersby and those people who show us tonight that hopefully, solidarity still exists in a world that is too egoistical and individualistic. | We will work with the imams, priests and rabbis who will also join us to help the victims and families who are suffering and will probably never heal their wounds ... I want to thank people who welcomed passersby and those people who show us tonight that hopefully, solidarity still exists in a world that is too egoistical and individualistic. |
| He added that a “senior member of the police forces” had been killed during the attack. | He added that a “senior member of the police forces” had been killed during the attack. |
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| 01:06 | 01:06 |
| An Australian witness has described the panic in the aftermath of the attack. Sophie Sanderlands said there were “strollers on the ground, people crammed into restaurants”. | An Australian witness has described the panic in the aftermath of the attack. Sophie Sanderlands said there were “strollers on the ground, people crammed into restaurants”. |
| Sophie Sanderlands is on holiday in France and has described the moment she saw thousands of people sprinting #sun7 https://t.co/bmUF3hpdbv | Sophie Sanderlands is on holiday in France and has described the moment she saw thousands of people sprinting #sun7 https://t.co/bmUF3hpdbv |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.52am BST | at 1.52am BST |
| 1.01am BST | 1.01am BST |
| 01:01 | 01:01 |
| Barack Obama releases statement | Barack Obama releases statement |
| On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and other loved ones of those killed, and we wish a full recovery for the many wounded. | On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and other loved ones of those killed, and we wish a full recovery for the many wounded. |
| I have directed my team to be in touch with French officials, and we have offered any assistance that they may need to investigate this attack and bring those responsible to justice. We stand in solidarity and partnership with France, our oldest ally, as they respond to and recover from this attack. | I have directed my team to be in touch with French officials, and we have offered any assistance that they may need to investigate this attack and bring those responsible to justice. We stand in solidarity and partnership with France, our oldest ally, as they respond to and recover from this attack. |
| On this Bastille Day, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience and democratic values that have made France an inspiration to the entire world, and we know that the character of the French republic will endure long after this devastating and tragic loss of life. | On this Bastille Day, we are reminded of the extraordinary resilience and democratic values that have made France an inspiration to the entire world, and we know that the character of the French republic will endure long after this devastating and tragic loss of life. |
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| at 1.05am BST | at 1.05am BST |
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| 00:59 | 00:59 |
| Angelique Chrisafis | Angelique Chrisafis |
| A French parliamentary investigation into last year’s terrorist attacks on Paris last week identified multiple failings by France’s intelligence agencies. | A French parliamentary investigation into last year’s terrorist attacks on Paris last week identified multiple failings by France’s intelligence agencies. |
| The parliamentary commission was set up to assess the failure to prevent a series of attacks that killed a total of 147 people in 2015 – from January’s gun attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices and a kosher grocery store to the coordinated gun and bomb attacks on 13 November outside the national sports stadium, at bars and restaurants and at a rock gig at the Bataclan concert hall. | The parliamentary commission was set up to assess the failure to prevent a series of attacks that killed a total of 147 people in 2015 – from January’s gun attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices and a kosher grocery store to the coordinated gun and bomb attacks on 13 November outside the national sports stadium, at bars and restaurants and at a rock gig at the Bataclan concert hall. |
| The commission highlighted a “global failure” of French intelligence and recommended a total overhaul of the intelligence services and the creation of a single, US-style national counter-terrorism agency. | The commission highlighted a “global failure” of French intelligence and recommended a total overhaul of the intelligence services and the creation of a single, US-style national counter-terrorism agency. |
| “Our country was not ready; now we must get ready,” said Georges Fenech, head of the commission. | “Our country was not ready; now we must get ready,” said Georges Fenech, head of the commission. |
| France has six intelligence units answering variously to the interior, defence and economy ministries. Fenech said the multi-layered, cumbersome intelligence apparatus was like an army of soldiers wearing lead boots. | France has six intelligence units answering variously to the interior, defence and economy ministries. Fenech said the multi-layered, cumbersome intelligence apparatus was like an army of soldiers wearing lead boots. |
| The French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, this week rejected the idea of an overhaul. He said some of the report’s other recommendations were already being put in place. | The French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, this week rejected the idea of an overhaul. He said some of the report’s other recommendations were already being put in place. |
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