Bombing in Nice: what is known and what is not known so far – Newspaper Zócalo

INFOBAE / France .- Terrorism struck again in France and left a toll of 84 deaths, after the driver of a truck crushed hundreds of people while enjoying a fireworks show Nice for the July 14, Bastille Day.

What is known

Around 10.30 pm on Thursday, July 14, a man identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove his truck rented through a crowd in Nice.

for now, the authorities confirmed the death of 84 people, including victims of different nationalities and all ages are. More than a hundred wounded, almost half of them children.

Mohamed Bouhlel, as identified the truck driver, was of Tunisian origin and was 31 years old. He was killed by police while he was still inside the vehicle, he refused to lay down their weapons and still was a threat to security.

Nice is one of the four largest cities of France. The latest data from 2010 indicate that there live about 350 thousand inhabitants. That figure is believed to be much higher in summer, which receives hundreds of thousands of tourists.

French President Francois Hollande determined that it was a terrorist attack. He decreed three days of mourning and a state of emergency extended for three more months. It is an extension of the measure made after fundamentalist attacks last November in Paris.

Hollande met with his Cabinet at the Ministry of Interior. Today will travel Nice and is expected to visit some of the wounded.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that France will not surrender to terrorism, but entered an era in which must live with it.

France was one of the central goals of Islamic terrorism since January 2015 when there was the slaughter of Charlie Hebdo. attacks in Paris then suffer. Since that time, has not given a firm response to the threat

So momeno confirmed that two of the dead are of American nationality. Sean and Brodie Copeland, 51 and 11 years were on holiday in this seaside city in France.

the main world leaders expressed their condemnation and grief at the slaughter of Nice. Pope Francis also expressed dismay with the terrorist attack.

do not know

It is unknown whether Mohamed Bouhlel acted as a lone wolf-what or more probably he received orders from any terrorist cell based in France or any country in Europe or the Middle East. Bouhlel was a Frenchman of Tunisian origin, but it is still unclear if they had a history of contact with jihadists.

was not determined if this terrorist had any connection or sympathy for radical groups. The Islamic State (ISIS, its acronym in English) or any other Islamic terrorist group claimed the attack for the time being in Nice.

It ç¿Falló security? Or is impossible to foresee such actions? During the last Cup Euro 2016 France was inundated forces control. Nothing threatened the organization and the country was virtually militarized.

It is not yet known whether permanently alert -in French intelligence had information that some attack might occur during the celebration for the storming of the Bastille in Nice .