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  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gwenael Leriche, 26, managed to hinder Lahouaiej Bouhlel's massacre when he chased after the lorry armed with only a small pocket knife. Mr Leriche, a delivery driver, had been with friends on the beach when he saw the white lorry approaching the large crowds on the Promenade des Anglais. I had to step over corpses to keep trying to get to him.” According to witnesses, another unnamed passer-by grabbed onto the lorry door, slowing the attacker down again.

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Berlin attack: Isis magazine offered tips on carrying out Nice-style lorry assault
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin attack: Isis magazine offered tips on carrying out Nice-style lorry assault

The Independent  

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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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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 Attacker Was Radicalized Swiftly, French Prime Minister Says
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice Attacker Was Radicalized Swiftly, French Prime Minister Says

Huff Post  

Pascal Rossignol / Reuters The man who killed 84 Bastille Day revelers in the French city of Nice by driving a truck at a crowd had been radicalized recently and quickly, France’s Prime Minister told a newspaper as a further 18 victims fought for their lives on Sunday. “The investigation will establish the facts, but we know now that the …

Nice attack: Neighbours say killer was 'a drinker and a drug-user, but not a terrorist'
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: Neighbours say killer was 'a drinker and a drug-user, but not a terrorist'

The Independent  

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Nice truck terrorist ordered a 'massive' lorry 'to create maximum number of victims'
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice truck terrorist ordered a 'massive' lorry 'to create maximum number of victims'

Daily Mail  

Garage boss said he asked to hire the biggest and most powerful lorry Truck terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel demanded the 'heaviest and most powerful' lorry from a rental company so he could kill the maximum number of people, the garage boss has revealed. The ISIS killer collected the deadly lorry from the Via Location premises in a rural village surrounded …

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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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  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The man who killed 84 …

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 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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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 Attack: Indian present at the site of incident describes massacre in tweets
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice Attack: Indian present at the site of incident describes massacre in tweets

Firstpost  

Kartik, a Indian who was present when the Nice attack happened where 84 people were killed when a bus ran into the crowd, was live tweeting the whole incident was unfolding. The attacker killed at least 84 people and injured scores when he drove the truck at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera …

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: What happened in the Bastille Day truck attack in France
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: What happened in the Bastille Day truck attack in France

ABC  

Path of destruction: What happened in the Nice truck attack Scores of people have been killed after a truck drove into crowds celebrating Bastille Day on the seaside promenade in Nice, southern France. French police forces and forensic officers stand next to a truck that ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais …

Nice attack: At least 84 dead as lorry rams into crowd
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: At least 84 dead as lorry rams into crowd

Al Jazeera  

At least 84 killed when attacker drives lorry into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in France. At least 84 people were killed and 100 injured in the French city of Nice when a man deliberately drove a lorry into a crowd celebrating the country’s main national holiday, authorities said. “There’s no denying the terrorist nature of this attack of yet again …

Nice attack: France declares three days of mourning
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice attack: France declares three days of mourning

Al Jazeera  

France declares three days of mourning after at least 84 are killed when an attacker drives lorry into crowds in Nice. Speaking from Nice on Friday, French President Francois Hollande said around 50 people are in critical condition, still “between life and death” after the attack. IN PICTURES: A night of carnage in the French Riviera Authorities said Bouhlel, who …

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. …

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