France extends state of emergency
An assailant killed no less than 84 individuals by driving a truck at fast into group watching Bastille Day firecrackers in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday.
French President Francoise Hollande said the assault was certainly of a terrorist nature, as indicated by a Reuters interpretation of the president's broadcast national location at 4 a.m. nearby time. The demonstration was a "huge" one, he said, and the casualties included "numerous kids."
Police shot and murdered the driver, who drove a 25-ton, unmarked truck at rapid for more than 100 meters along the really popular Promenade des Anglais seafront in the southern resort town before hitting a mass of observers, local sub-consul Sebastien Humbert had before told France Info radio.
The driver then kept on pushing on through the group for many meters as "individuals went down like nine-pins," as per a passerby.
The episode happened around 10.40 p.m. neighborhood time. Photos of the truck demonstrate its windshield scored by projectile openings and its front grille crushed.
NBC News refered to a source as saying that the driver, who has not yet been named, was a French national of Tunisian drop. French media made comparative reports, while Reuters reported that the man was 31 and conceived in Tunisia, adding that he was known not for precedent-based law violations however not to insight administrations. Reuters was refering to an anonymous police source.
The loss of life from the assault had mounted all through the night and early morning in France, with the most recent number coming at around 8 a.m. CEST, when a representative for the Interior Ministry said 84 individuals had passed on and 18 were in basic condition.
CNBC was not able autonomously affirm the numbers.
Among the losses were a father, 51, and child, 11, from Lakeway, close Austin in Texas, NBC News said.
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