UPDATE: The truck driver has been identified:
#BREAKING: Nice terror attack driver identified by local media as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel. More to come https://t.co/5NaStIobku
— news.com.au (@newscomauHQ) July 15, 2016
UPDATE: The AP is reporting that the truck was loaded with guns and grenades.
UPDATE: 73 are now dead. The toll continues to escalate. GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump has announced he’s suspending the press conference to announce his VP.
In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow’s news conference concerning my Vice Presidential announcement.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2016
UPDATE: Video has emerged of crowds fleeing the scene where a truck crashed into pedestrians as part of a terror attack:
The Daily Mail reports:
A lorry ran down a large group of people in the southern French city of Nice during a suspected terrorist attack. At least 60 people are feared dead with more than 100 injured during the Bastille Day attack.
Gunshots rang out in the streets, with gunmen targeting hotels and cafes in the port city as residents were warned to lock themselves in doors for their safety. Hostages have been taken in a hotel in the city. The RAID anti-terror squad has been deployed to the city.
Another day, another terror attack on France. Citizens celebrating Bastille Day were mowed down in cold blood. Via Heavy:
There are reports that Bastille Day celebrations in Nice, France were the target of a terrorist attack. Photos and videos posted on social media show bodies lying in the street and there are reports of dozens injured (warning: very graphic).
A car drove into a crowd at the Promenade des Anglais and gunfire was also reported, according to preliminary reports from the scene. The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, said there “appeared to be dozens of deaths,” said NBC News. In French, Estrosi Tweeted, according to NBC: “Dear nice, the driver of a truck appears to have made dozens of deaths. Stay for the moment to your home. More info to come.”
Reports are still unfolding, but ISIS is already posting photographs of the attack. Accounts are unfolding fast and disseminating over social media; details could change as more is known. Bastille Days is France’s national holiday, honoring the storming of the Bastille prison in the 1789 French Revolution.
We will have more on this story as it develops…
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