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| − | On 14 July 2016 [[Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel]], a [[lone nut]]<ref name=tele/> Tunisian resident of France with mental health problems,<ref>{{cite news|title=Attentat de Nice : ce que l'on sait du chauffeur, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel|url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/attaque-de-nice/20160715.OBS4681/attentat-de-nice-ce-que-l-on-sait-du-chauffeur-du-camion.html|accessdate=15 July 2016|work=Nouvel Obs|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attentat-a-nice-ce-que-lon-sait-du-supect-2800117|publisher=Europe1|title=Attentat à Nice : le suspect a été formellement identifié|accessdate=15 July 2016|language=fr}}</ref> deliberately drove a 19-tonne cargo truck into a crowd celebrating [[Bastille Day]] on the Promenade des Anglais in [[Nice]], killing 84 people and injuring hundreds more.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Attentat-a-Nice-au-moins-84-morts-et-18-blesses-en-etat-d-urgence-absolue-1020058|title=Attentat à Nice: au coins 84 persons tunes par le camion fou|work=Paris Match|accessdate=15 July 2016|language=fr}}</ref> He fired a 7.65mm automatic handgun into the crowd<ref>http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/07/14/scenes-of-carnage-from-bastille-day-terror-attack-in-nice-france/</ref> and then at police before they shot him dead on Thursday night, bringing the death toll to 85. The truck was initially reported as containing guns and "larger weapons",<ref>http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nice-attack-what-we-know-so-far-1431671</ref> but they "turned out to be fakes or replicas."<ref name=tele>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/17/nice-terror-attack-police-vans-blocking-promenade-withdrawn-hour1/</ref> | + | On 14 July 2016 [[Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel]], a "[[lone nut]]"<ref name=tele/> Tunisian resident of France with mental health problems,<ref>{{cite news|title=Attentat de Nice : ce que l'on sait du chauffeur, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel|url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/attaque-de-nice/20160715.OBS4681/attentat-de-nice-ce-que-l-on-sait-du-chauffeur-du-camion.html|accessdate=15 July 2016|work=Nouvel Obs|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attentat-a-nice-ce-que-lon-sait-du-supect-2800117|publisher=Europe1|title=Attentat à Nice : le suspect a été formellement identifié|accessdate=15 July 2016|language=fr}}</ref> deliberately drove a 19-tonne cargo truck into a crowd celebrating [[Bastille Day]] on the Promenade des Anglais in [[Nice]], killing 84 people and injuring hundreds more.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Attentat-a-Nice-au-moins-84-morts-et-18-blesses-en-etat-d-urgence-absolue-1020058|title=Attentat à Nice: au coins 84 persons tunes par le camion fou|work=Paris Match|accessdate=15 July 2016|language=fr}}</ref> He fired a 7.65mm automatic handgun into the crowd<ref>http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/07/14/scenes-of-carnage-from-bastille-day-terror-attack-in-nice-france/</ref> and then at police before they shot him dead on Thursday night, bringing the death toll to 85. The truck was initially reported as containing guns and "larger weapons",<ref>http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/nice-attack-what-we-know-so-far-1431671</ref> but they "turned out to be fakes or replicas."<ref name=tele>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/17/nice-terror-attack-police-vans-blocking-promenade-withdrawn-hour1/</ref> |
| − | This event was filmed by German journalist [[Richard Gutjahr]], who 8 days later was in | + | This event was filmed by German journalist [[Richard Gutjahr]], who was holidaying in Nice, but happened to have his phone with him so could film it. Just 8 days later, back home in Munich he was in the right place at the right time to film the [[2016 Munich Shooting]] (those he "accidentally" deleted some of these photos). |
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Revision as of 22:43, 10 October 2016
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| Date | 14 July 2016 |
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| Location | Nice, France |
| Blamed on | Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel |
| Type | Vehicular assault |
| Deaths | 85 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 202 |
Contents
Official narrative
On 14 July 2016 Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a "lone nut"[1] Tunisian resident of France with mental health problems,[2][3] deliberately drove a 19-tonne cargo truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, killing 84 people and injuring hundreds more.[4] He fired a 7.65mm automatic handgun into the crowd[5] and then at police before they shot him dead on Thursday night, bringing the death toll to 85. The truck was initially reported as containing guns and "larger weapons",[6] but they "turned out to be fakes or replicas."[1]
This event was filmed by German journalist Richard Gutjahr, who was holidaying in Nice, but happened to have his phone with him so could film it. Just 8 days later, back home in Munich he was in the right place at the right time to film the 2016 Munich Shooting (those he "accidentally" deleted some of these photos).
Background
The incident was described as the third mass murder in France since January 2015, following the Charlie Hebdo and Île-de-France attacks on 7–9 January 2015, and the Paris attacks on 13 November 2015.[7]
ISIS claims Responsibility?
On 16 July 2016, the IS-run media outlet Aamaq cited a "security source" as saying its "soldier had carried out the operation in response to calls to target the citizens of coalition countries fighting the Islamic State."[8]
Suspected accomplices charged
On 22 July 2016, the BBC headlined a report "Five suspected accomplices charged" and claimed that "Like Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, none of those detained were known to French intelligence prior to the attack."[9]
Response
The BBC reported that a large white banner was produced asking "Why children?" And, in a child's handwriting: "Why do you want war?"
French President Francois Hollande stated that the attack was "terrorism".[10]
References
- ↑ a b http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/17/nice-terror-attack-police-vans-blocking-promenade-withdrawn-hour1/
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