France attack: #PrayForNice trends on Twitter after attack claims at least 84 lives

An attacker at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more in what President Francois Hollande called a terrorist act. The driver, identified by police sources as a 31-year-old Tunisian-born Frenchman, also appeared to open fire…

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July 15, 2016 18:23 IST

An attacker at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more in what President Francois Hollande called a terrorist act. The driver, identified by police sources as a 31-year-old Tunisian-born Frenchman, also appeared to open fire before officers shot him dead. The man, named as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, was not on the watch list of French intelligence services but was known to the police in connection with common crimes such as theft and violence, the sources said. French President, Francois Hollande, has extended the country’s state of emergency for three months.

France attack pics, France attack photos, France attack pictures, nice attack photos, Nice attack pics, nice attack pictures, Bastille Day, attack on Bastille Day, attack on Bastille Day pics, france photos, france terror pics, latest france photos, financial express — An attacker at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more in what President Francois Hollande called a terrorist act. The driver, identified by police sources as a 31-year-old Tunisian-born Frenchman, also appeared to open fire before officers shot him dead. The man, named as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, was not on the watch list of French intelligence services but was known to the police in connection with common crimes such as theft and violence, the sources said. French President, Francois Hollande, has extended the country’s state of emergency for three months.

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