Nice truck event
| Location | Nice, France |
|---|---|
| Blamed on | Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel |
| Type | Vehicular assault |
| Deaths | 85 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | 202 |
Mass murder in Nice took place on the evening of 14 July 2016 when Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian resident of France,[1][2] 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.[3] He was shot and killed by police, bringing the death toll to 85.
The incident was described as the third major terrorist attack 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.[4]
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."[5]
