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Terror attack in France (in Nice): 80 dead

Started by derro13, Jul 14, 2016, in Life Add to Reading List

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thought op was pleasantly amused with the attack

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thought op was pleasantly amused with the attack
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come on, not again

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This f----- up tho; been a bad year

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French news agency AFP reported that police are investigating a possible terrorist "attack" and there were unconfirmed reports of the sound of gunfire from the scene.

Witnesses said the truck "rammed" the crowd where it was thickest at more than 30mph, and images emerged of the cab riddled with bullets.

Crowds had packed out the city's main promenade to watch a fireworks display marking Bastille Day, a major public holiday in France, and were beginning to head home when the lorry hit.

One witness reported horrific scenes with "dead bodies everywhere" and distressing video footage emerged of people fleeing the Promenade des Anglais, in the southern French city, in terror.

One eyewitnessed raised fears that the incident "had to be planned".

They said: "I'm in Nice and cannot describe the situation - scary awful. Dead bodies everywhere people killed in front of my eyes. Had to be planned."

A group of students who were on the Promenade des Anglais at the time of the incident.

One of them, Anthony, said: “The fireworks ended, and we went back.

“At that time we saw the white truck. A 6 tonne truck. It was speeding at 60 km/h, 70km/h.

"I saw behind the wheel, the driver was deciding which way it was heading. The truck rolled on to the pavement.

“It happened two meters from us. I saw people lying on the ground, I saw a small child hit the earth.”

A reporter for the Nice Matin newspaper who was covering the celebrations added: “There are people in blood, probably full of wounded.”

Local paper Nice Matin posted a photograph online of the white truck riddled with bullets, suggesting that police fired at the driver as it careered into the crowds. The local mayor has confirmed the death toll is in the dozens and has urged people to stay in their homes.

A witness told the paper: “We had just crossed the road and there was a huge crowd of people. We were returning and we heard ‘boom, boom, boom’ and we saw a lorry on the promenade which ploughed right through.

“My son was there right next to it. It hit where the crowd was thickest and was travelling very quickly - about 50km per hour (31mph)."

Another witness said: "He drove over everyone, everyone is bleeding. There are loads of people injured without doubt."

It is not yet known whether or not the driver is dead or alive.

A hashtag was also started up on Twitter - #portesouvertesnice - for shellshocked witnesses and victims of the attack looking for somewhere to spend the night.

There will be fears tonight that France has been targeted by yet another horrific terrorist attack, coming after last November's slaughter in Paris by Islamic State (ISIS) gunmen.

France is still in a State of Emergency following those attacks, when almost 150 people were murdered by Islamic State and Al-Qaeda operatives.

ISIS is well known for using vehicles in terrorist attacks, often packing them with explosives for maximum effect.

Bastille Day, which celebrates the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris during the French Revolution of 1789, is the country's biggest public holiday.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...ch-city-Nice-lorry-ploughs-Bastille-Day-crowd

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dont post graphical photos here

also is this confirmed isis?

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France has a big problem
I hope he died in pain

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39 dead AND 100 injured btw

This is the worst terrorist attack in the history of the country

EDIT: nvm, forgot of November 2015

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we're now talking about 39 dead

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Pato v2 said

39 dead AND 100 injured btw

This is the worst terrorist attack in the history of the country

EDIT: nvm, forgot of November 2015
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by one guy in a truck

scary to think about

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Feel sorry for the people of France. Seems every big event there has turned into an attack.

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50 dead..

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such a terrible year for france :x

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The destabilization of the Middle East and North Africa has ruined the world, potentially irreversibly.

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The destabilization of the Middle East and North Africa has ruined the world, potentially irreversibly.
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not to be s-----y, but the US plays a major part to blame in all of this...they f----- up iraq on purpose

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Holy s---

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not to be s-----y, but the US plays a major part to blame in all of this...they f----- up iraq on purpose
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Bush deserves to be hung. So does Blair. It started long before that though. Terrorism fifty years ago wasn't a common word. It didn't happen. This s--- isn't normal and it's crazy how it is becoming normal post 9/11.

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