Nice attack: Lorry driver identified by French press as 31-year-old French man of Tunisian descent
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: Lorry driver identified by French press as 31-year-old French man of Tunisian descent

The Independent  

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8 convicted for their roles in 2016 truck attack that killed 86 in Nice, France
2 years, 3 months ago

8 convicted for their roles in 2016 truck attack that killed 86 in Nice, France

LA Times  

People place flowers in memory of those killed in a terrorist attack on the beachfront in Nice, France, in July 2016. A French court Tuesday convicted eight people in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in the southern city of Nice. World & Nation …

Suspect linked to 2016 Nice attack arrested in Italy
3 years, 11 months ago

Suspect linked to 2016 Nice attack arrested in Italy

The Independent  

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Two Attacks 4 Years Apart, Angry French City Asks After Church Killings: Why Us Again?
4 years, 4 months ago

Two Attacks 4 Years Apart, Angry French City Asks After Church Killings: Why Us Again?

News 18  

When a suspected Islamist from Tunisia killed three people this week in a church in the French Riviera city of Nice, for many residents it brought painful memories flooding back. “We’ve had enough,” Nice resident Francois Bonson, 38, said at the scene of the church attack on Friday. The truck attack happened on July 14, 2016 as people in Nice …

Nice attack: Eight new suspects arrested in relation to Isis supporter's Bastille Day lorry rampage
8 years, 6 months ago

Nice attack: Eight new suspects arrested in relation to Isis supporter's Bastille Day lorry rampage

The Independent  

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All 84 people killed in Nice attack identified, says top French official
8 years, 8 months ago

All 84 people killed in Nice attack identified, says top French official

Firstpost  

All 84 people killed in the Nice truck attack have now been formally identified, according to a top French official on Wednesday. Paris: All 84 people killed in the Nice truck attack have now been formally identified, according to a top French official on Wednesday, who said the death toll for the Bastille Day carnage has not increased despite several …

Nice attack: Man who slowed murderous rampage by threatening attacker with a knife describes what happened
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: Man who slowed murderous rampage by threatening attacker with a knife describes what happened

The Independent  

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Text message from Nice attack killer reveals he may not have been acting alone
8 years, 8 months ago

Text message from Nice attack killer reveals he may not have been acting alone

The Independent  

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Nice terror attack: Two arrested in connection with lorry massacre
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice terror attack: Two arrested in connection with lorry massacre

The Independent  

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Nice terror attack: Isis claims responsibility for lorry massacre in French coastal city
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice terror attack: Isis claims responsibility for lorry massacre in French coastal city

The Independent  

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Nice attack: French police arrest three; Islamic State claims responsibility
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: French police arrest three; Islamic State claims responsibility

Live Mint  

Cairo/Nice: Islamic State claimed responsibility for the truck attack on the French city of Nice on Saturday as French police arrested three people there in connection with the carnage that claimed the lives of at least 84 people. “The person who carried out the operation in Nice, France, to run down people was one of the soldiers of Islamic State,” …

France calls up reservist forces after deadly Nice rampage
8 years, 8 months ago

France calls up reservist forces after deadly Nice rampage

Associated Press  

NICE, France — France called up thousands of reserve security forces Friday as authorities tried to determine why a Tunisian deliveryman known only to be a petty criminal took the wheel of a 19-ton truck and plunged through a terrified seaside crowd on Bastille Day, leaving 84 people dead and more than 200 wounded. Hollande said the attack was “undeniably …

Nice attack: France investigates whether truck driver acted alone or as part of wider plot
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: France investigates whether truck driver acted alone or as part of wider plot

ABC  

French authorities are trying to determine whether a Tunisian man who killed at least 84 people in the city of Nice by driving his truck into a crowd acted alone or with accomplices, but have said the attack bore the hallmarks of Islamist militants. Key points: Mohamed Bouhlel had run-ins with the law but was not on terrorist watch lists …

Nice attack: 84 dead, France probes whether truck attacker acted alone
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: 84 dead, France probes whether truck attacker acted alone

Live Mint  

Nice : French authorities were trying to determine on Friday whether a Tunisian who killed at least 84 people by ploughing a truck into Bastille Day crowds had acted alone or with accomplices, but said the attack bore the hallmarks of Islamist militants. “It will also try to find out whether Mohamed Laouaiej Bouhlel had ties to Islamist terrorist organisations.” …

Nice attack: Hero stopped killer's rampage by leaping into lorry and wrestling with him
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: Hero stopped killer's rampage by leaping into lorry and wrestling with him

The Independent  

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Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel: Everything we know about the Nice attack killer
8 years, 8 months ago

Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel: Everything we know about the Nice attack killer

The Independent  

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Nice attack: Woman apologises after saying lorry massacre 'spoiled' her shopping trip
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: Woman apologises after saying lorry massacre 'spoiled' her shopping trip

The Independent  

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Nice terror attack: The most powerful tribute cartoons after Bastille Day horror
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice terror attack: The most powerful tribute cartoons after Bastille Day horror

The Independent  

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Nice attack: 84 confirmed dead after lorry crashes into crowd at Bastille Day celebrations in France
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: 84 confirmed dead after lorry crashes into crowd at Bastille Day celebrations in France

The Independent  

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Nice attacks: French police formally identify man who killed scores of people with truck
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attacks: French police formally identify man who killed scores of people with truck

The Independent  

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Nice attack: Lorry driver was known to police, but not to intelligence services
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: Lorry driver was known to police, but not to intelligence services

The Independent  

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Truck attacker ploughs into French crowd, kills 84 revellers in Nice
8 years, 8 months ago

Truck attacker ploughs into French crowd, kills 84 revellers in Nice

Hindustan Times  

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. Read: As it happened: Nice truck attacker identified as French petty criminal A white truck had zigzagged along the seafront Promenade …

Nice lorry attack: Scenes of carnage in French city
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice lorry attack: Scenes of carnage in French city

Al Jazeera  

At least 80 people, including many children, have been killed and another 100 wounded after an attacker drove a lorry at high speed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the French Riviera city of Nice. “People went down like ninepins,” Jacques, who runs Le Queenie restaurant on the seafront, told the France Info radio station. “It’s a scene of …

Nice attack: Who was the driver in the lorry attack?
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: Who was the driver in the lorry attack?

Al Jazeera  

The suspected driver of the lorry that sped through a crowd in Nice, killing at least 84 people, has been identified as Tunisian national Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, according to a French prosecutor and Tunisian security sources. Tunisian security sources told Reuters news agency Bouhlel had last visited his home town of Msaken, about 120km south of Tunis, four years ago. …

What We Know About The Suspect In The Nice, France, Attack
8 years, 8 months ago

What We Know About The Suspect In The Nice, France, Attack

NPR  

What We Know About The Suspect In The Nice, France, Attack Enlarge this image toggle caption The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images Updated at 12:46 p.m. ET Law enforcement and judicial officials have identified 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel as the suspect who they believe plowed into a crowd in Nice, France, killing at least …

France attack: Witnesses describe truck attack in Nice, France
8 years, 8 months ago

France attack: Witnesses describe truck attack in Nice, France

CNN  

Story highlights Kristen Crouch from Dallas marked safe on Facebook twice in a week Family saw attack unfold from their hotel balcony Another witness said truck driver accelerated over bodies One witness said the attack appeared "well planned" CNN — Chaos broke out in Nice, France, after a truck plowed through throngs of tourists and locals celebrating Bastille Day on …

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