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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nice-truck-bastille-day-1.3680294
The driver was killed by police and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the Thursday night attack on France's national holiday. It has rocked a nation still reeling from two attacks in Paris last year that killed a total of 147 people.
"Terrorism is a threat that weighs heavily upon France and will continue to weigh for a long time," Prime Minister Manuel Valls said after an emergency government meeting Friday. "We are facing a war that terrorism has brought to us. The goal of terrorists is to instill fear and panic. And France is a great country, and a great democracy that will not allow itself to be destabilized."
'He was trying to hit everyone in his way.'- Eyewitness Sanchia Lambert
The truck plowed into the crowd over two kilometres and broadcast footage showed a scene of horror up and down the promenade, with broken bodies splayed on the asphalt, some piled near one another, others bleeding onto the roadway or twisted into unnatural shapes.
Some tried to escape into the water, Eric Ciotti, a lawmaker for the region that includes Nice, said Friday, giving new details of the horrifying last minutes of the attack.
"A person jumped onto the truck to try to stop it," Ciotti told Europe 1 radio. "It's at that moment that the police were able to neutralize this terrorist. I won't forget the look of this policewoman who intercepted the killer."
French police secure the area as the investigation continues at the scene near the heavy truck that ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores who were celebrating Bastille Day. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)
Police sources named the driver as 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian-born Frenchman and petty criminal, though his identification has not been confirmed. Bouhlel was not on the watch list of French intelligence services, but was known to the police in connection with common crimes such as theft and violence, the sources said.
Eyewitness John Lambert described the driver as "a young guy, very focused on what he was doing."
"He didn't looking angry," Lambert told CBC News. "He wasn't screaming or shouting. He was just … focusing on the job."
'Attacks aren't prepared alone.'- Regional president Christian Estrosi
His wife Sanchia Lambert was filming the celebration when the attack began.
"I couldn't see his face," she said of the driver.
"I saw his arms and the way he was zigzagging and it was deliberate … he was trying to hit everyone in his way."
Two Americans are among the dead, according to U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby
Kirby said Friday the two were among those killed when the large truck plowed through the crowd gathered for the fireworks.
He didn't identify the individuals by name, citing privacy concerns.
No Canadians have been reported among the casualties so far, according to a tweet from Canada's ambassador to France, Lawrence Cannon.
- 2 Americans among dead
- Driver ID'd as 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel
- President declares 3 days of mourning, extends state of emergency
The driver was killed by police and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the Thursday night attack on France's national holiday. It has rocked a nation still reeling from two attacks in Paris last year that killed a total of 147 people.
"Terrorism is a threat that weighs heavily upon France and will continue to weigh for a long time," Prime Minister Manuel Valls said after an emergency government meeting Friday. "We are facing a war that terrorism has brought to us. The goal of terrorists is to instill fear and panic. And France is a great country, and a great democracy that will not allow itself to be destabilized."
'He was trying to hit everyone in his way.'- Eyewitness Sanchia Lambert
The truck plowed into the crowd over two kilometres and broadcast footage showed a scene of horror up and down the promenade, with broken bodies splayed on the asphalt, some piled near one another, others bleeding onto the roadway or twisted into unnatural shapes.
Some tried to escape into the water, Eric Ciotti, a lawmaker for the region that includes Nice, said Friday, giving new details of the horrifying last minutes of the attack.
"A person jumped onto the truck to try to stop it," Ciotti told Europe 1 radio. "It's at that moment that the police were able to neutralize this terrorist. I won't forget the look of this policewoman who intercepted the killer."
French police secure the area as the investigation continues at the scene near the heavy truck that ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores who were celebrating Bastille Day. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)
Police sources named the driver as 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian-born Frenchman and petty criminal, though his identification has not been confirmed. Bouhlel was not on the watch list of French intelligence services, but was known to the police in connection with common crimes such as theft and violence, the sources said.
Eyewitness John Lambert described the driver as "a young guy, very focused on what he was doing."
"He didn't looking angry," Lambert told CBC News. "He wasn't screaming or shouting. He was just … focusing on the job."
'Attacks aren't prepared alone.'- Regional president Christian Estrosi
His wife Sanchia Lambert was filming the celebration when the attack began.
"I couldn't see his face," she said of the driver.
"I saw his arms and the way he was zigzagging and it was deliberate … he was trying to hit everyone in his way."
Two Americans are among the dead, according to U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby
Kirby said Friday the two were among those killed when the large truck plowed through the crowd gathered for the fireworks.
He didn't identify the individuals by name, citing privacy concerns.
No Canadians have been reported among the casualties so far, according to a tweet from Canada's ambassador to France, Lawrence Cannon.
