Nice truck event

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The truck
LocationNice,  France
Blamed onMohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel
TypeVehicular assault
Deaths85
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]

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]

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