That is what the interior minister said just a couple of hours ago. It is 5 00 in the morning here and there will be those in france who will be waking up to the enormity of what happened in the Southern Beach resort of nice, where 80 people overnight have been killed and as you rightly point out, 20 seriously wounded, maybe more, in what was an horrific attack, a terror has struck france once again, said francois holland. Let me tell you exactly what we know to have happened. A driver of a large white truck drove that truck down a beach front road. The prom nate des anglais. It was supposed to be cordoned off because there were going to be thousands to watch the fireworks. The driver drove that truck, hitting those in the crowd and then plowed that truck down the promenade for some one mile or two kilometers, mowing people down in his wake. We know that police found firearms, explosives and grenades in that truck. Local media here widely now reporting that the Identity Card found insi
And disturbing. [ screaming ] well, french president Francois Hollande is recommending the country extend its state of emergency by three months in the wake of the attack on nice. He flew back to paris early friday to deal with the situation. Mr. Hollande is hosting an emergency meeting at the president ial palace. He says there is no doubt this was a terrorist attack. Translator france is afflicted by this new tragedy. She is horrified by what has just taken place, this atrocity of using a lorry to kill, deliberately kill dozens of people who had just come to celebrate the 14th of july. France is afflicted, but she is strong, and she will always be stronger, i assure you. Well always be stronger than the fanatics who want to strike her today. Now from paris, becky, the french, you know, as the sun rises there, in france, trying to come to terms with the third attack in 18 months. Ive just seen a tweet. Reporter it says, there are no words for this madness. Its 9 00 in the morning here
Im john vause in los angeles. Im isha sesay. Were following breaking news out of nice, france, where at least 84 people are dead. 18 critically wounded in yet another brazen terror attack. Thousands gathered along the beach to celebrate the National Holiday, bastille deal, when a driver of a large truck plowed into the crowd. You can hear the gunshots captured in this amateur video. [ gunshots ] witnesses say the man drove about 2 kilometers more than a mile before he was shot and killed by police. A Law Enforcement source tells at fp that they found several fake rifles and an inactive grenade inside the truck and the Identity Card of a french tunisian man. Francois hollande said theyre under threat from islamic terrorism and that this is an incident that cant be ignored. He will travel to nice in the coming hours and the president plans to ask for a state of emergency. It was set to expire july 26th. Translator struck on the day of her National Holiday, the 14th of July Bastille day,
Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im alison kosik. It is friday, july 15th. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Breaking news. A new death toll in the french terror attack. At least 84 People Killed and more than 100 injured on bastille day. An armed terrorist driving a truck shooting and mowing down dozens on the boulevard in nice. Police shoot the gunman dead in quick action. This video you are seeing capturing the sound of the terrifying scene. Right now, investigators are trying to figure out whether the i. D. Of a 31yearold frenchtunesian man found in the body of the truck is the driver. Also, officers found several fake rifles and fake grenades along with one real handgun. This will french president hollande declareses this as an act of terrorism. Witnesses in nice describe a truly gruesome scene. I heard a lot of loud noises and people were screaming. To the west, a big moving truck was driving on the promenade just barrelling over people and run
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