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On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and other loved ones of those killed, and we wish a full recovery for the many wounded. I have directed my team to be in touch with French officials, and we have offered any assistance that they may need to investigate this attack and bring those responsible to justice. We stand in solidarity and partnership with France, our oldest ally, as...

In a shockingly non-politically-correct outburst, Patrick Calvar, chief of the Directorate General of Internal Security, told members of the French parliamentary commission that thanks to the increasing frequency of sexual assaults by islamic migrants, "Extremism is growing everywhere... We are on the brink of civil war."

BREAKING: Heavy black smoke over Eiffel Tower as fire erupts after Nice terror attacks PLUMES of black smoke have engulfed the Eiffel Tower amid ongoing chaos in France. By Tom Evans / Published 14th July 2016

TERROR STRIKES SOUTH OF FRANCE FIRE AT EIFFEL TOWER

Video of terror attack in Nice, France.

At least 50 people are feared dead and 150 have been injured in a Bastille Day attack in Nice, southern France Eyewitnesses reported a gunfight between police responding to the attack and suspects at the scene Gunmen are believed to have taken hostages in two hotel and a restaurant in the city according to witnesses Witnesses said the driver crashed his truck into a group of people, jumped down and opened fire with a gun

At least 50 people are feared dead and 150 have been injured in a Bastille Day attack in Nice, southern France Eyewitnesses reported a gunfight between police responding to the attack and suspects at the scene Gunmen are believed to have taken hostages in two hotel and a restaurant in the city according to witnesses Witnesses said the driver crashed his truck into a group of people, jumped down and opened fire with a gun A lorry ran down a large group of people in the southern French city of Nice during a suspected terrorist attack. At least 50 people...

A lorry has struck a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city of Nice, media reports and witnesses say. The incident took place on the Promenade des Anglais during a firework display, the reports said. One image on Twitter showed about a dozen people lying on the street, some being tended to. The local prefecture has urged people in the area to remain indoors, calling the incident "an attack". Some reports spoke of shots being exchanged between police and the occupants of the lorry but these have not been confirmed. Social media video showed people running through...

According to initial reports, multiple injuries have been reported at the scene. Unconfirmed reports state that 10 have been pronounced dead at arrival. A reporter at the scene said: “There are people in blood everywhere” BREAKING: Truck Drives Into Crowd During Bastille Day In Nice, France.

After driving for 2 kilometers at up to 70kmh on Nice's seaside Promenade des Anglais during national Bastille Day revelry on Thursday night, mowing down hundreds of people and killing 84, the alleged Nice killer, Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel came to halt in front of the Hotel Westminster, where a shoot out with the police ensued, leaving the truck riddled with bullet holes and in the process killing the assailant.

A 31-year-old Niçois of Tunisian origin was driving the truck that claimed over 70 people on the Prom in Nice on Thursday night. The Frenchman was 31 years old.

BASTILLE DAY MASSACRE Truck driver ‘shouting Allahu Akbar’ ploughs through Nice crowd ‘like a bowling ball’ killing at least 84 before being shot dead

France’s national holiday turned ugly for revelers Thursday night in the southern city of Nice, as a truck reportedly crashed into a crowd of Bastille Day revelers and fears of terrorism spread.

Multiple media sources have identified the driver of the truck that plowed into the crowd killed 84 people as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhel, 31. Reportedly Bouhel was a Nice resident of Tunisian origin, and may have dual citizenship. Bouhel was a married father of three and a professional delivery driver. Local media reports he was known by French police for violence and “common law crimes,” but not to the intelligence services. His cellphone and bank card was found in the truck. The Daily Mail reported that Bouhel had parked his truck on the street nearly nine hours earlier, and told police...

TUNIS, July 15 (Reuters) - An attacker who drove a heavy truck into crowds in the French city of Nice killing at least 84 people came from the Tunisian town of Msaken which he last visited four years ago, Tunisian security sources said on Friday. The man, identified by French police sources as 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, was not known by the Tunisian authorities to hold radical or Islamist views, the sources said. Bouhlel was married with three children, they said. The sources did not say when he had last been resident in Tunisia. Msaken is about 10 km (six...

Dramatic moment ISIS fanatic was shot dead by police: French-Tunisian truck terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel is gunned down after killing 84 including 10 children at Nice Bastille Day firework show WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Terrorist uses lorry to mow down crowds during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice Local paper Nice Matin names suspect as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a French Tunisian man, 31, from Nice Death toll currently stands at 84 and dozens more people were injured in terror attack on the French Riviera At least 10 babies and children were killed, some in buggies, with least 54 children also being treated...

Now that the initial shock of the Nice Bastille Day terror attack which claimed at least 84 lives has passed, and the investigation into the causes and motives behind the latest tragic mass killing has begun. Earlier this morning it was revealed that the driver of the truck used to attack Bastille Day celebrations in Nice has been named in local reports as 31-year-old delivery driver Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian criminal, who is reported to be a French passport holder, and well-known to the police. According to newspaper Nice-Matin, quoted by the Telegraph, the identity of the driver of...