- Truck crashes into crowd at Bastille Day celebration in Nice
- 30 people reported killed
- Fears of terrorism as people flee scene in panic
Mayor of Nice tweets
Nice mayor Christian Estrosi, who was at the celebration when it happened, tweeted: "Dear people of Nice, the driver of a truck seems to have left dozens dead. Stay for now in your home. More info to come."
'It's absolute chaos'
A spokesman for the Alpes Maritime prefecture advised locals to stay indoors as gunfire was heard, and a lorry was driven into a crowd on the Promenade des Anglais, Peter Allen reports.
Bodies could be seen lying on the floor by the beach, as the police and other emergency services tried to deal with a mass panic.
Fireworks were filling the night sky as the drama unfolded, as the crowds enjoyed July 14th, which is always a Bank Holiday in France.
"It is absolute chaos, said an eye witness who works in the Nice judiciary.
"There are reports of dozens of people killed, and many more injured. Bodies are lying everywhere.
"Police are flooding the streets, including anti-terrorism officers. Nobody knows what to do, except to hide away. Gunmen are meant to be targeting hotels."
The lorry was seen mounting the pavement and piling into anyone the driver could see, ramming over those who tried to run away.
The area around the Promenade is full of hotels and restaurants, which that were all packed at the height of the holiday season.
11:01PM Driver of truck 'shot dead'
Reports on French tv that the driver of the truck was shot dead by police.
Witnesses describe there being "bodies everywhere".
Live '30 dead' after truck crashes into crowd at Bastille Day celebrations in Nice 'terror attack'
| Source: | UK Telegraph |
| Published: | Jul 14, 2016 |
| Author: | Barney Henderson |
| Post Date: | 2016-07-14 18:22:59 by cranky |
| Views: | 6742 |
#1: Hank Rearden To: cranky (#0)
Has Odumbass blamed the truck yet?
Hank Rearden posted on 2016-07-14 19:05:29 Reply Private Reply
#2: no gnu taxes To: cranky (#0)
no gnu taxes posted on 2016-07-14 19:06:07 Reply Private Reply
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BorisY posted on 2016-07-14 19:26:15 Reply Private Reply
#4: Stoner To: Hank Rearden (#1)
Will he invite them to the White Hut?
Stoner posted on 2016-07-14 20:35:28 Reply Private Reply
#5: Vinny To: all (#0)
Vinny posted on 2016-07-14 20:47:42 Reply Private Reply
#6: rlk To: cranky (#0)
Update
Truck attacker kills over 70 in Nice Bastille Day crowd
Jul 14th 2016 7:45PM
NICE, France, July 14 (Reuters) - An attacker killed at least 73 people and injured scores when he drove a truck at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, local media quoted officials as saying.
Police shot and killed the driver, who drove the heavy, long-distance truck at speed for well over 100 meters (yards) along the famed Promenade des Anglais seafront, hitting the mass of spectators late in the evening, regional official Sebastien Humbert told France Info radio.
The man had opened fire on the crowd, local government chief Christian Estrosi told BFM TV, and weapons and grenades were found inside the truck after he was killed.
"It's a scene of horror," local member of parliament Eric Ciotti told France Info, saying the truck had sped along the pavement fronting the Mediterranean, before being stopped by police after "mowing down several hundred people."
Local broadcasters quoted officials as saying the preliminary death toll was 73. Other officials put the number of wounded as high as in the hundreds.
Humbert described it as a clear criminal attack, although the driver was not yet identified. Residents of the Mediterranean city close to the Italian border were advised to stay indoors. There was no sign of any other attack.
Almost exactly eight months ago Islamic State militants killed 130 people in Paris on Nov. 13, the bloodiest in a number of attacks in France and Belgium in the past two years. On Sunday, Francehad breathed a sigh of relief as the month-long Euro 2016 soccer tournament ended without a feared attack.
Police denied rumors on social media of a subsequent hostage-taking. Vehicle attacks have been used by isolated members of militant groups in recent years, notably in Israel, as well as in Europe, though never to such devastating effect. One woman told France Info she and others had fled in terror: "The lorry came zig-zagging along the street. We ran into a hotel and hid in the toilets with lots of people."
Another woman told the station she was sheltering in a restaurant on the promenade with some 200 other people, where things had calmed down about two hours after the incident.
Nice-Matin journalist Damien Allemand reported from the scene as events unfolded: "People are running. It's panic. He rode up onto the Prom and piled into the crowd ... There are people covered in blood. There must be many injured."
SEE ALSO: Islamic State supporters celebrate deadly attack on social media
The paper published a photograph of a damaged, long-distance delivery truck, which it said was riddled with bullets and images of emergency services treating the injured. Social media carried images of those hit lying apparently lifeless in pools of blood, prompting police to ask people to stop such posts.
Regional government chief Estrosi has warned in the past of the risk of Islamist attacks in the region, following Islamic State bloodshed in Paris and Brussels over the past 18 months.
The city, with a population of some 350,000 and a history as a flamboyant but also gritty metropolis in the sun, has seen some of its Muslim residents travel to Syria to fight, a path taken by previous Islamic State attackers in Europe.
France is now in lockdown. Potential terror attack - mass causality situation ongoing now.
French President Francois Hollande, who was in the south of France at the time of the attack but raced back to Paris to the national crisis center, had hours earlier said that a state of emergency put in place after the Paris attacks in November would not be extended when it expires on July 26.
"We can't extend the state of emergency indefinitely, it would make no sense. That would mean we're no longer a republic with the rule of law applied in all circumstances," Hollande told journalists in a traditional Bastille Day interview.
His interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, was expected in Nice overnight, a source in the ministry said.
(Writing by Alastair Macdonald; Editing by James Dalgleish and Sandra Maler)
WATCH: 'It was complete chaos' in Nice
rlk posted on 2016-07-14 21:22:17 Reply Private Reply
#7: Stoner To: rlk (#6)
Well, I would suggest you send out a few Battalions of Legionaries on search & destroy missions, and at the same time declare nation wide Open Season on Muzzies, with no bag limit. Offer monetary reward to those with the highest daily head count. Call it the Charles Martel Prize
Stoner posted on 2016-07-14 22:06:20 Reply Private Reply
#8: GrandIsland To: Stoner (#7)
I'd hang one on my wall... right next to a democrat, welfare rat and a convicted felon.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-07-14 22:08:38 Reply Private Reply
#9: Stoner To: rlk (#6)
Just read on another site, the death count is now 77, with 100 injured.
Stoner posted on 2016-07-14 22:12:51 Reply Private Reply
#10: Stoner To: GrandIsland (#8)
Sadly, I suspect we will see replays of this here in American streets.
In fact, if IRC, didn't some ragehead do something similiar driving a cab, somewhere in the USA ?
I guess after this, Trump will be hammering Shitlery with all of her " Islam is a religion of peace " BS.
Stoner posted on 2016-07-14 22:20:58 Reply Private Reply
#11: GrandIsland To: Stoner (#9)
It's time every major power country forms, trains and sends out kill agents to kill, without due process, EVERY suspected ISIS man, woman and child, until each and everyone of them have been eradicated from planet earth.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-07-14 22:39:27 Reply Private Reply
#12: Stoner To: rlk (#6)
"Those who believed in Muhammad from the outset were not wise men practiced in things divine and human, but beastlike men who dwelt in the wilds, utterly ignorant of all divine teaching; and it was by a multitude of such men and the force of arms that he compelled others to submit to his law "
~ Summa Contra Gentes, Bk. 1, Ch. 6
Stoner posted on 2016-07-14 22:51:11 Reply Private Reply
#13: Stoner To: GrandIsland (#11)
Obunghole said " I will stand with Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction " - Obama, The Audacity of Hope
Stoner posted on 2016-07-14 22:57:42 Reply Private Reply
#14: rlk To: Stoner (#7)
The number of deaths is a preliminary 73. Not all the wounded are going to survive. You need to figure with a more accurate body count and subsequent deaths It's going to run at least 130. This son of a bitch is trying to discount the seriousness of the situation by saying it's time to get back to normal. With the success of this attack, there will similar additional attacks. There is no more normal. Normal ended when people such as Cameron, Merkel, et al allowed mass imigration of incompatible subhumans into their nations.
rlk posted on 2016-07-14 23:05:00 Reply Private Reply
#15: Stoner To: rlk (#14)
Yep. When your house is full of snakes, there is only one option. Kill Them All
Stoner posted on 2016-07-14 23:08:54 Reply Private Reply
#16: buckeroo To: Hank Rearden (#1)
Nope. He is sticking to his story: firearms are the root of all evil.
buckeroo posted on 2016-07-14 23:43:31 Reply Private Reply
#17: buckeroo To: GrandIsland (#8)
I was worried there for a moment; I even started to wring my hands in a high state of fear.
buckeroo posted on 2016-07-14 23:46:53 Reply Private Reply
#18: GrandIsland To: buckeroo (#17)
lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-07-15 07:21:25 Reply Private Reply
#19: BobCeleste To: cranky (#0)
BobCeleste posted on 2016-07-15 08:03:47 Reply Private Reply
#20: BobCeleste To: Stoner (#7)
I agree, the problem is the g0vt of france disarmed their honest law abiding subjects long ago.
BobCeleste posted on 2016-07-15 08:05:17 Reply Private Reply
#21: Stoner To: BobCeleste (#20)
Yeah they did. However, even during the Nazi occupation, the French managed to acquire weapons, and killed a few nazi's and collaborators. I have to think that they can figure out how to do it again.
Fortunately, we here in the US do not have that problem, yet.
If the asshole crybaby, spoiled brat " never Trumpers " & GOPe types have their way, they will usher in Shitlery, and it will be game on.
I think the " never Trumpers " & GOPe types should be viewed in the same light as the muzzies - deadly enemies !!
If the French citizens were to raid some mosques, they would most likely find all kinds of firearms.
Stoner posted on 2016-07-15 08:42:18 Reply Private Reply
#22: cranky To: Hank Rearden (#1)
Sounds like the work of some white guy carrying an nra lifetime membership card and wearing a white sheet and 'Trump 2016' cap.
Obviously, America needs more muslims and gun control to set things straight.
cranky posted on 2016-07-15 08:46:22 Reply Private Reply
#23: American Nationalist To: cranky (#0)
American Nationalist posted on 2016-07-15 10:45:12 Reply Private Reply
#24: nativist nationalist To: GrandIsland (#18)
Paultards are mostly cucks. Carl the Cuck is a good example of a Paultard.
nativist nationalist posted on 2016-07-15 11:58:43 Reply Private Reply