A Truck Bulldozed Through A Crowd Celebrating French National Day, Killing At Least 80
The attack came 8 months after the brutal Paris attacks that traumatised the world.
Cover image via nyt.comPeople in the French resort city of Nice were celebrating Bastille Day when a truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, bulldozing through the crowd
Photos showing bodies scattered on the ground after the attack
Image via Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Image via USA Today
Image via Twitter
While officials did not immediately classify the attack as terrorism,
it has been termed as "the worst tragedy in the history of Nice"
This video by a German journalist, Richard Gutjahr, was posted on Twitter. It showed the moment when the truck attacked the crowd:
So far, there have been no claims of responsibility for the attack.
However, the BBC reported that "supporters of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group have been widely cheering the attack online".
Image via BBC
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