3:35
- ABC News
- July 15, 2016
84 Dead in Terror Attack on Nice
The French Riviera city was has been placed on lockdown.
3:35
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tweeted, \"Canadians are shocked by tonight's attack in Nice. Our sympathy is with the victims, and our solidarity with the French people.\"
Chinese premier Li Keqiang said, \"We strongly condemn terrorism of all forms. We express our condolences to the victims and we will fight all kinds of terrorism.\"
European Council president Donald Tusk said the world stands united with the French people. \"It is a tragic paradox that the victims of the attack people celebrating liberty, quality and fraternity,\" he said. \"We will stand united with the families of victims, the French people and the government in the fight against violence and hatred.\"
Julie Bishop, Australia's foreign minister, said three Australians suffered minor injuries while fleeing the scene. \"It has shocked France, it has rocked it to its core,\" she said, adding that the attack was particularly symbolic, because it occurred on Bastille Day. \"This should have been a time of great national pride and celebration.\"
Hollande also slammed the attack on the national holiday.
\"France was struck on the day of its National Day, the 14 of July, a symbol of freedom, liberty, human rights denied by these fanatics -- and France is obviously their target,\" he said.
\"I would like to express on behalf of the nation our solidarity with the victims and with their families. All resources, all our means are being deployed in order to help the injured.\"
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Christian Estrosi, president of the Nice region, told French TV that the motorist \"fired on the crowd, according to the police who killed him\" and said that \"the truck was loaded with arms, loaded with grenades.\"
The truck was driven by someone who appeared to have \"completely premeditated behavior,\" Estrosi said, adding that the attacker appears to \"have used, while ramming his vehicle, a firearm through the window.\"
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazaneuve said all demonstrations will be banned in Nice over the next few days.
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Jimmy Ghazal, 39, a Lebanese man visiting Nice with his family, told ABC News that after the fireworks concluded, he heard people screaming and heard what sounded like gunshots. He saw people run to shelter.
Ghazal said he saw a big truck drive \"through all the security.”
“The kids thought it was part of the fireworks,\" he told ABC News. \"We just told them it was part of the fireworks.”
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Video showed crowds of screaming people running through the streets in panic.
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Kerry said in a statement, \"Today's horrendous attack in Nice is an attack against innocent people on a day that celebrates Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.
\"On behalf of all Americans, and especially the great many with close ties to France, I offer our deepest condolences to the friends and family of those who were killed and our hopes for a speedy recovery to those who were injured.
\"I was proud to stand alongside French leaders earlier today at Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, and the United States will continue to stand firmly with the French people during this time of tragedy. We will provide whatever support is needed.\"
Earlier Thursday, French President Francois Hollande had said France’s state of emergency -- which has been in place since the Paris terror attacks in November -- would be lifted later this month.
Le président @fhollande et @manuelvalls sont en ce moment présents à la cellule interministérielle de crise #Nice pic.twitter.com/SYbeDb8ZTR
— Élysée (@Elysee) July 14, 2016
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