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| Bastille Day truck attack: French president denounces 'monstrous' killing of 80 people – live updates | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 3.47am BST | |
| 03:47 | |
| François Hollande faces crisis as attacks continue | |
| Angelique Chrisafis | |
| Hours after the Nice attacks, the French president François Hollande reiterated the war-like stance that he took after the last terrorist attacks that killed 130 in Paris in November. | |
| “All of France is under threat from Islamist terrorism,” he said, vowing that France would not give in in its “fight against terrorism”. | |
| He said the state of emergency put in place in November — which allows police to conduct house raids and searches without a warrant or judicial oversight, and gives extra powers to officials to place people under house arrest — would be extended by three months. This means the state of emergency will have been in place for almost a year since November. | |
| He also said he would boost the military operation, known as Operation Sentinelle, in which 10,000 soldiers keep guard across the country, and reservists would be drafted in to help security forces. Hollande added that he would reinforce air strikes on Iraq and Syria, where it has been fighting Islamic State. | |
| The mood could not be more serious for Hollande. The fact that France could be attacked again — leaving at least 80 dead — only eight months after the devastating November attacks on Paris, threatens a crisis for Hollande’s premiership. The fact that several children were among the dead has deepened France’s horror and grief. In the coming days, there is likely to be intense political debate about intelligence and security policy. The 2017 French presidential election is nine months away and security had already been a key voter concern. | |
| The interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve, in Nice, said: “We’re in a war with terrorists who want to hit us at any cost and in a very violent way”. | |
| Hollande had this month been at record low popularity ratings. Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader of the Front National, has been polling high and recent polls showed she was expected to reach the second round run-off of the presidential election, held in April and May, although polls predicted she would not win. Nicolas Sarkozy’s right-wing Les Républicains party is currently engaged in a primary race to choose its candidate. | |
| 3.37am BST | |
| 03:37 | |
| Tom Phillips | |
| Chinese state media is reporting that two Chinese citizens are among those injured in Nice. Speaking while on a visit to Mongolia, the Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang condemned “terrorism in all forms” and offered his condolences to the victims and their families. | |
| 3.34am BST | |
| 03:34 | |
| Calla Wahlquist | |
| I’ve just spoken to the US-Palestinian writer Ismail Khalidi, who was watching the Bastille Day fireworks at the Promenade des Anglais about 800 metres west of the Hotel Negresco. | |
| Khalidi said he was with a group who were trying to leave the promenade after the fireworks to avoid the crowd, who he said already felt pushy and unsafe, when people began running toward them. It was about 10 minutes after the fireworks had finished: | |
| All of a sudden we saw essentially a stampede of people coming along the Promenade des Anglais. | |
| The stampede just sort of kept coming … we are talking families, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people. | |
| Then all of a sudden the stampede started coming from the other direction. | |
| Khalidi said people who had come from the scene of the attack said police had “told people to start running, without telling people why”. | |
| I’ve never seen a stampede like that. I have never seen that level of chaos and hysteria and terror and a total lack of information about what’s going on. | |
| Updated | |
| at 3.39am BST | |
| 3.31am BST | |
| 03:31 | |
| Zena John, a British tourist on holiday in Nice with her sister, has described how the evening quickly changed from one of celebration to terror. | |
| Tonight was an amazing, memorable atmosphere for us. We’d had a lovely meal just next to Rue Masséna. | |
| We had just finished watching the fireworks and had scarcely returned to sit down when we saw people running and then I started hearing gunshots. | |
| I shouted at my sister and friends to run but they were hesitant, trying to look and I shouted again. | |
| We all ran down our side street and as we opened our gate, many people streamed in behind us. We could hear gunshots very very close. | |
| We came in and many people came and waited on the ground floor of our flat till things calmed down. | |
| We have a Polish lady sleeping in our flat right now as she lost her partner in the kerfuffle. Sad, sad day. | |
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| at 3.42am BST | |
| 3.24am BST | |
| 03:24 | |
| Interior minister: 'We are at war with terrorists' | |
| Bernard Cazeneuve is holding a press conference. He says 80 are people dead and 18 are in intensive care. | |
| “Our thoughts go to all the people of Nice who tonight are traumatised and plunged into a great state of worry,” he said. | |
| Cazeneuve said the police were being mobilised to identify the man behind the attacks and establish if he had any accomplices. | |
| “We are at war with terrorists who want to strike us at every cost and who are extremely violent.” | |
| Interior minister Cazeneuve in #Nice: “We're at war with terrorists who want to hit us at any cost and in a very violent way”. | |
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| at 3.26am BST | |
| 3.16am BST | 3.16am BST |
| 03:16 | 03:16 |
| Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump respond | Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump respond |
| Paul Lewis | Paul Lewis |
| The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates have responded to the attack in France with phone-in appearances on US TV networks, offering divergent views over what they both called a “war” against terrorists. | The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates have responded to the attack in France with phone-in appearances on US TV networks, offering divergent views over what they both called a “war” against terrorists. |
| Donald Trump, who has postponed the unveiling of his vice presidential running mate in response to the attack in Nice, indicated he would be prepared to seek a formal declaration of war from the US Congress and commit ground troops to the conflict. | Donald Trump, who has postponed the unveiling of his vice presidential running mate in response to the attack in Nice, indicated he would be prepared to seek a formal declaration of war from the US Congress and commit ground troops to the conflict. |
| Asked by Fox News host Bill O’Reilly if NATO troops should now launch a ground and air offensive against unspecified terrorist targets. “I would say that would be just fine,” Trump reportedly replied. | Asked by Fox News host Bill O’Reilly if NATO troops should now launch a ground and air offensive against unspecified terrorist targets. “I would say that would be just fine,” Trump reportedly replied. |
| He said “I would, I would” when asked if he would seek a formal declaration of military action from the US Congress. “This is war,” Trump continued. “If you look at it, this is war. Coming from all different parts. And frankly it’s war, and we’re dealing with people without uniforms. In the old days, we would have uniforms. You would know who you’re fighting.” | He said “I would, I would” when asked if he would seek a formal declaration of military action from the US Congress. “This is war,” Trump continued. “If you look at it, this is war. Coming from all different parts. And frankly it’s war, and we’re dealing with people without uniforms. In the old days, we would have uniforms. You would know who you’re fighting.” |
| Hillary Clinton was asked about Trump’s comments during her own appearance on CNN around one our later. She provided a more cautious reply, using similarly bellicose language but questioning the wisdom of being drawn into a ground war against the Islamic State. | Hillary Clinton was asked about Trump’s comments during her own appearance on CNN around one our later. She provided a more cautious reply, using similarly bellicose language but questioning the wisdom of being drawn into a ground war against the Islamic State. |
| “I think it is clear we are at war with these terrorist groups and what they represent. It is a different kind of war and we need to be smart about how we wage it and win it. So I think we need to look at all possible approaches to doing just that.” Asked who, precisely, the US was at war against, Clinton said: We’re at war against radical jihadists who use Islam to recruit and radicalize others in order to pursue their evil agenda. It is not so important what we call these people as what we do about them.” | “I think it is clear we are at war with these terrorist groups and what they represent. It is a different kind of war and we need to be smart about how we wage it and win it. So I think we need to look at all possible approaches to doing just that.” Asked who, precisely, the US was at war against, Clinton said: We’re at war against radical jihadists who use Islam to recruit and radicalize others in order to pursue their evil agenda. It is not so important what we call these people as what we do about them.” |
| The former secretary of state added that the enemy was “an ideology and not a nation state”, adding that it was misleading to refer to the current conflict as “World War III”. “It is a very different kind of war,” she said, adding that Isis would “love to draw the United States into a ground war in Syria. They actually think the end times would be hastened if we had some confrontation in that region. So we’ve got to be smart about this, not get pushed or pulled into taking action that doesn’t have the positive effect it needs to have.” | The former secretary of state added that the enemy was “an ideology and not a nation state”, adding that it was misleading to refer to the current conflict as “World War III”. “It is a very different kind of war,” she said, adding that Isis would “love to draw the United States into a ground war in Syria. They actually think the end times would be hastened if we had some confrontation in that region. So we’ve got to be smart about this, not get pushed or pulled into taking action that doesn’t have the positive effect it needs to have.” |
| Clinton advocated an “intelligence surge”, better cooperation among allies in the fight against terrorism and greater efforts to combat radicalization online. | Clinton advocated an “intelligence surge”, better cooperation among allies in the fight against terrorism and greater efforts to combat radicalization online. |
| 3.11am BST | 3.11am BST |
| 03:11 | 03:11 |
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| 02:50 | 02:50 |
| François Hollande is giving a press conference | François Hollande is giving a press conference |
| The French president, François Hollande, has confirmed that 77 people have died “including children”. He says it cannot be denied that it was a terrorist attack. | The French president, François Hollande, has confirmed that 77 people have died “including children”. He says it cannot be denied that it was a terrorist attack. |
| He says: | He says: |
| France has been struck on the day of her national holiday ... the symbol of liberty. | France has been struck on the day of her national holiday ... the symbol of liberty. |
| We show our solidarity towards the victims and their families. | We show our solidarity towards the victims and their families. |
| All means are being deployed to help the wounded. | All means are being deployed to help the wounded. |
| France as a whole is under the threat of Islamic terrorism. We have to demonstrate absolute vigilance and show determination that is unfailing. | France as a whole is under the threat of Islamic terrorism. We have to demonstrate absolute vigilance and show determination that is unfailing. |
| Therefore I have decided to first maintain a high level of police forces, with 10,00 military staff, as well as our police forces. I have also decided to ask military volunteers to join and help our police forces. | Therefore I have decided to first maintain a high level of police forces, with 10,00 military staff, as well as our police forces. I have also decided to ask military volunteers to join and help our police forces. |
| I have decided that the state of emergency which was supposed to end on July 26 will be extended by three months.” | I have decided that the state of emergency which was supposed to end on July 26 will be extended by three months.” |
| Nothing will lead us to give in to our will to fight against terrorism. We are going to strengthen our efforts in Syria and Iraq agains t those who are attacking us on our very soil.” | Nothing will lead us to give in to our will to fight against terrorism. We are going to strengthen our efforts in Syria and Iraq agains t those who are attacking us on our very soil.” |
| Hollande said he would go to Nice on Friday to support the city. | Hollande said he would go to Nice on Friday to support the city. |
| “France is horrified by what has taken place, this monstrosity of using a lorry to deliberately kill dozens of people who had come to celebrate 14 July. | “France is horrified by what has taken place, this monstrosity of using a lorry to deliberately kill dozens of people who had come to celebrate 14 July. |
| “France is afflicted but I assure you she is strong and she will always be stronger than the fanatics that want to strike her today.” | “France is afflicted but I assure you she is strong and she will always be stronger than the fanatics that want to strike her today.” |
| Pres. Hollande: Horror has struck France again. France will always be strong. https://t.co/aDPHrg81eI https://t.co/2JB66uSIii | Pres. Hollande: Horror has struck France again. France will always be strong. https://t.co/aDPHrg81eI https://t.co/2JB66uSIii |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.15am BST | at 3.15am BST |
| 2.37am BST | 2.37am BST |
| 02:37 | 02:37 |
| Details about the driver emerge – reports | Details about the driver emerge – reports |
| Both the French TV station BFM and the local newspaper Nice-Matin are reporting that the driver is a 31-year-old with dual French-Tunisian nationality. | Both the French TV station BFM and the 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 an ID card had been found inside the truck. Reports say the man was a Nice resident. | BFM is quoting a police source via Agence France-Presse who said an ID card had been found inside the truck. Reports say the man was a Nice resident. |
| We stress that none of these details are confirmed. | We stress that none of these details are confirmed. |
| INFO NICE-MATIN. Un Niçois d'origine tunisienne au volant du camion #AttentatNice https://t.co/hklMbEMcO1 pic.twitter.com/fOIQNS5UN4 | INFO NICE-MATIN. Un Niçois d'origine tunisienne au volant du camion #AttentatNice https://t.co/hklMbEMcO1 pic.twitter.com/fOIQNS5UN4 |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.05am BST | at 3.05am BST |
| 2.26am BST | 2.26am BST |
| 02:26 | 02:26 |
| Related: Bastille Day truck attack: truck kills more than 70 in France – in pictures | Related: Bastille Day truck attack: truck kills more than 70 in France – in pictures |
| 2.22am BST | 2.22am BST |
| 02:22 | 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. | 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. | 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. | Dès demain les drapeaux de la ville seront en berne. Après l'annulation du concert de Rihanna, le festival du jazz est annulé. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.06am BST | at 3.06am BST |
| 2.20am BST | 2.20am BST |
| 02:20 | 02:20 |
| Le Figaro’s front page: | Le Figaro’s front page: |
| EN DIRECT - "L'horreur, à nouveau" à la une du Figaro >> https://t.co/2F6oHpGeRM pic.twitter.com/5CbE3VlzDj | EN DIRECT - "L'horreur, à nouveau" à la une du Figaro >> https://t.co/2F6oHpGeRM pic.twitter.com/5CbE3VlzDj |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.06am BST | at 3.06am BST |
| 2.13am BST | 2.13am BST |
| 02:13 | 02:13 |
| Hollande to hold a press conference in about 20 minutes | Hollande to hold a press conference in about 20 minutes |
| Attentat de Nice : allocution télévisée de Hollande vers 03H30 (Elysée) #AFP | Attentat de Nice : allocution télévisée de Hollande vers 03H30 (Elysée) #AFP |
| 2.12am BST | 2.12am BST |
| 02:12 | 02:12 |
| 'I have never been so terrified in my life' | '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.” | 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.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.07am BST | at 3.07am BST |
| 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 vigour”. | The French Muslim Council has condemned the attack “with the greatest vigour”. |
| 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, 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, 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”. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.08am BST | at 3.08am BST |
| 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 and friends of those who have not been in touch since the attack have been posting their details on Twitter in the hope of finding them. | Family members and friends of those who have not been in touch since the attack have been posting their details on Twitter in the hope of finding 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 |
| A Reuters reporter is among the missing. | A Reuters reporter is among the missing. |
| Here is a photo of our colleague @Matthiasgalante . We last spoke to him at 17h but no news since. #Nice06 pic.twitter.com/O90yn830QH | Here is a photo of our colleague @Matthiasgalante . We last spoke to him at 17h but no news since. #Nice06 pic.twitter.com/O90yn830QH |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.08am BST | at 3.08am BST |