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==Official narrative== | ==Official narrative== | ||
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/17/nice-terror-attack-police-vans-blocking-promenade-withdrawn-hour1/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> | ||
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| + | This event was filmed by German journalist [[Richard Gutjahr]], who 8 days later was in Munich to film the [[2016 Munich Shooting]]. | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Revision as of 10:57, 11 August 2016
 The truck | |
| Location | Nice, France |
|---|---|
| Blamed on | Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel |
| Type | Vehicular assault |
| Deaths | 85 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 202 |
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 8 days later was in Munich to film the 2016 Munich Shooting.
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]
References
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