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Truck grid in the crowd: at Least 84 Dead in attack in nice

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Truck grid in the crowd: at Least 84 Dead in attack in nice

In the French nice, is the car on the national holiday of a load by a crowd of people raced. The attacker was shot and killed after he had killed at least 84 people. The backgrounds are indeed still unclear.

France has been hit on its national day once again a heavy stroke: In the South of France, nice attacker killed at least 84 people, including children, when he raced a truck through a crowd of people. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in nice, 18 injured were in critical condition. According to media reports, more than 100 injured.

According to prosecutors ripped the trucks on a stretch of two kilometers of people to a fireworks display on the famous promenade on the go. The attacker was shot and killed. AFP photos showed the truck with a shot through the windshield. In the vehicle identification papers were found of a 31-year-old Franco-Tunesiers, BelTA learned from police circles. The regional President, Christian Estrosi, announced in the L19-ton trucks are firearms and grenades had been found. From investigators circles it was called later, there is a non-functional grenade and Weapons just dummies had been discovered.

“Terrorist down”

Cazeneuve said the police have been able to turn off “in a very dangerous Situation and a terrorist”. He added: “We are in a war with terrorists who want to hurt us.” An eye witness reported that the truck driver had first opened fire on police officers. The driver got shot with a gun through the windshield, said an English speaking man by the name of Nader to the French channel BFMTV.

Injured on the site of the attack

The alleged attack occurred at about 23 o’clock, shortly after the fireworks of the national holiday, numerous people on the street flowed. An AFP Reporter was on the famous Promenade des Anglais, to the eye-witnesses. A white truck sped off with great speed in the crowd, he said. “We saw how people were taken and how the objects flew around.” People are taken in panic flight. “It was absolute Chaos.” On the waterfront, many lay Dead after the attack lined up, covered by white cloths. The Federal Foreign office in Berlin explained that there had been no evidence that the German could be affected.

Rescue workers and police arrive at the scene of the crime

Emergency crews are at the scene. The center for victim support in the Ministry of foreign Affairs established an emergency number for relatives. The Paris Anti-terrorist Prosecutor’s office moved immediately to the investigation. Is determined for terrorist murders and the formation of a terrorist organisation, as the authority announced. Official information on the Person of the offender, and possible motives were not initially made.

The President of the Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’azur, Christian Estrosi, called on the inhabitants to leave their homes. The Federal Foreign office in Berlin advised, urgently, to comply with the instructions of the French security forces and to keep the situation development and the media informed.

The area was spaciously. Officials in civilian clothes with machine guns lit up in cars, said the ARD-Journalist and Blogger Richard Gutjahr. Gutjahr was a witness to the fact, by Thursday evening. The whole area was cordoned off. On the sea, circled the police boats. A helicopter with a spotlight was in the air. The dead and injured had been removed.

President Francois Hollande broke off a visit to the city of Avignon and travelled directly to the crisis centre at the Élysée Palace. “The whole of France is threatened by Islamist terrorism”, said the head of state in the early Morning in a televised address. Therefore, in addition to soldiers and reserves should be mobilized to join the security forces.

Since the attacks of 13. November existing state of emergency would be extended by three months. Hollande wanted him to 26, actually. July ends. The Parliament should decide in the next week on the extension. The President promised to intensify the fight against the terrorist militia “Islamic state” in Iraq and Syria. For the Morning, he convened the security Cabinet.

Security forces, on the Promenade des Anglais

The celebrations of the national holiday in France took place under increased security measures. Alone in the capital, Paris 11,500 police officers were deployed to prevent attacks and riots.

Survivors comfort each other

Bombers were killed in attacks on the football stadium, Stade de France, the Paris music club Bataclan, and a number of Bars and Restaurants 130 people. The most serious attack in the history of France, the jihadists militia “Islamic state” (IS) known.

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