Flowers and teddy bears on the Promenade des Anglais.
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Nice.
In the truck, fake weapons and the driver's document, a 31-year-old Frenchman of Tunisian origin
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16 July 2016 ISIS claimed responsibility for last Thursday's attack in Nice.
It was "a soldier of the Islamic State" who carried out the massacre.
This was claimed by the Amaq agency, affiliated with Isis, which cites "security sources".
The message was relaunched by the Site group, which monitors jihadist activities on the web.
Citing a "security source," #ISIS 'Amaq said the #NiceAttack was carried out by a "soldier of the Islamic State".
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- SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) July 16, 2016
Fear for Italians
There are 31 Italians still to be traced after the terrorist attack carried out on Thursday evening in Nice. This is learned from the Farnesina Crisis Unit, of which three officials arrived last night in the city of the Côte d'Azur and are working to cross-reference the names of the various lists of Italians present in the area. The Italian ambassador to France, Giandomenico Magliano, also arrived in Nice today. The consul general in Nice, Serena Lippi, called for calm, recalling that there is not yet an official list of victims: "The investigations are complex and proceed slowly. We are awaiting official data", he specified. For now, the number of our compatriots injured remains at three - added the consul - Meanwhile, the relatives of the missing continue to post appeals on social networks,in particular on Twitter through the hashtag #RechercheNice launched after the attack.
Three Italians hospitalized
Three Italians are still hospitalized at the Pasteur hospital in Nice due to the injuries sustained in the terrorist attack on the Promenade des Anglais. This was reported by the consul general in Nice, Serena Lippi. The most serious is Andrea Avagnina from Mondovì (Cuneo), who is hospitalized in intensive care for trauma and internal injuries, and Gaetano Moscato, from Chiaverano (Turin) who has suffered the amputation of a leg but his conduct is not a cause for concern, so like those of a 14 / e whose identity was not disclosed, who suffered a fracture of a lower limb.
Investigations underway to establish the dynamics of the attack
In the meantime, investigations continue to establish the exact dynamics of the Nice attack where on Thursday evening - according to a provisional toll - 84 people lost their lives and 202 were injured. Five people from the "close circle" of killer Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel were arrested this morning. Sources close to the investigation report this. The ex-wife, who was arrested yesterday, is still under arrest.
Killer father reveals: my son has had mental problems in the past
Mohamed Bouhlel, the killer of the Nice massacre, suffered from serious psychological problems in the past. His father reveals it to Rtr: "He has been through some difficult times, I took him to a psychiatrist. He had treatments (showing documents from 2004) and the doctor told us that he was suffering from a serious illness". He added that the son was sometimes "unstable, even violent". But contacts between the 31-year-old Tunisian and his father had faded since he moved to France. "A few phone calls from time to time. The last time I heard him was last week, he greeted everyone. We didn't notice anything strange, it seemed normal," he concluded.
Legal bomber: nothing suggested a radical cell
Attorney Corentin Delobel, who had defended Nice bomber Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel in a past crime case he had been involved in in the past, said nothing at the time suggested that his client could have committed such an attack. and that his client had made no particular statement that would suggest that he belonged to an Islamic radical cell. "He was a normal individual, with nothing in particular, no more particular than other cases that my colleagues and I regularly assist when we are called ex officio," the lawyer explained to the French broadcaster Bfmtv.
Delobel had defended Bouhlel in a traffic dispute that took place in January and for which the man was sentenced to six months in prison with suspended sentence last March. "In this type of rapid process there are no psychological tests. It was analyzed by an investigator who collects information about his personal situation and there was no one to carry out a deeper psychological or psychiatric investigation," added Delobel.
The French president chairs a new security summit
Hollande, this morning, is chairing a new "restricted" council with security and defense managers to deal with the consequences of Thursday's attack in Nice. Among the participants, the premier, Manuel Valls, and the holder of the Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marc Ayrault. At the end of the meeting, the head of state will always bring together all the ministers and secretaries of state in the Elysée.
Both meetings fall on the first of the three official days of mourning decreed in France, and when the investigators continue their investigations to understand the reasons for the attack, the work of a Tunisian citizen whose links with jihadism were unknown. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, but the French authorities believe that the 'modus operandi' corresponds to the indications given by organizations such as the Isis
Obama: support for France. We will win against terrorism
Barack Obama returns to guarantee his support for France, hit by another terrorist attack while celebrating the 227th anniversary of the Bastille Day. The US president reiterated that the US remains close to its "longest-standing ally". "We will be united," he said speaking from the White House, "as we defend our nations from terrorists."
The Commander in Chief once again said that the fight against Isis and terrorist groups will be won "by respecting the rule of law and our values of plurality, freedom of speech and assembly". Obama promised victory against the terrorists, defined as "an affront to all humanity". And using tones similar to those of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton "we will not be intimidated" - she said with determination: "We will not be discouraged" and "continue to work together to destroy terrorism". The US and its allied nations intend to do so "by building, rather than destroying, without giving up diplomacy".