Nice, capital of the French Riviera, struck by deadly attack

Record ID: 94969

  • Title: Nice, capital of the French Riviera, struck by deadly attack
  • Date: 15th July 2016
  • Summary: NICE, FRANCE (FILE) (REUTERS) MAN AND WOMAN SITTING ON BENCH LOOKING AT SEA PEOPLE AT BEACH VARIOUS OF WAVES WASHING UP ONSHORE MEN FISHING ON BOAT SCULPTURE OF CHAIR PROMENADE DES ANGLAIS WITH HOTEL NEGRESCO IN BACKGROUND, NEAR SITE OF ATTACK HOTEL NEGRESCO, NEAR SITE OF ATTACK ARC DE VENET SCULPTURE IN JARDIN ALBERT WOMAN BLOWING BUBBLES VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING BY PROMENADE DE PAILLON FOUNTAIN
  • Embargoed: 30th July 2016 04:55
  • Keywords: France Nice French Riviera truck attack Mediterranean
  • Location: NICE, FRANCE
  • City: NICE, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0034QSQFD3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The quiet coastal town of Nice, known as the capital of the French Riviera, was shocked Thursday night (July 14) when an attacker in a truck mowed over a group of people that had watched Bastille Day fireworks, killing at least 80 people and injuring scores.
    Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 80 people died and 18 were in a critical condition. Many more were also wounded in the attack along the famed seafront Promenade des Anglais as the fireworks ended just after 10:30 p.m. (2030 GMT).
    The driver also opened fire before police shot him dead.
    The attack, which came eight months and a day after Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers struck the French capital on a festive Friday evening, seemed so far to be the work of a lone assailant.
    The truck careered for hundreds of metres along the front facing the Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels), slamming into families and friends listening to an orchestra or strolling above the beach towards the grand, century-old Hotel Negresco.
    Police told residents of the city, 30 km (20 miles) from the Italian border, to stay indoors as they conducted further operations, although there was no sign of any other attack.
    Nice, a city of some 350,000, has a history as a flamboyant, aristocratic resort but is also a gritty metropolis. It has seen dozens of its Muslim residents travel to Syria to fight, a path taken by previous Islamic State attackers in Europe.
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