La Promenade des Anglais, Friday, July 16, the day after the ‘terrorist attack. – Francois Mori / AP / SIPA City: Nice

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THE ESSENTIALS:

  • The provisional toll is 84 dead and 18 wounded in “absolute emergency”
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  • The driver is the identification of the owner on behalf of a French-Tunisian 31 years residing in Nice, found in the truck by investigators
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  • Three days of national mourning (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) were enacted by François Hollande
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  • The state of emergency will be extended by three months
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  • The need for blood products are covered. The EFS invites those who wish to donate to mobilize in time
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1:20 p.m. : Compilation amateur videos


1:07 p.m.: the first images of the alleged terrorist disseminated apartment


12:57: “This is an extremely difficult procedure to ward off”

Launch a vehicle at high speed into a crowd is a procedure repeatedly used by terrorist organizations. Alain Rodier, the French Centre for Research on Intelligence, explains why.




12:54: The peloton reeling after the assassination of Nice

the riders of the Tour de France paid tribute to the victims of the Nice attack Friday morning before leaving for the 13th stage, one against the clock in the Ardeche which was maintained in this dramatic context


12.45. the New York Times published an infographic depicting the truck route


12:29: suspect described as “lonely” and “silent”

A dozen neighbors interviewed described the tenant of the apartment as “lonely” and “silent”. The man was still rising in the slot with his bike parked nearby and also a small work van.

He was often in shorts, sometimes fitted with safety shoes, according to Sebastian, a resident of the small building four floors.

his next-door neighbor, Alexia says talking to him once, when he cut the wrong electric meter. At the upper floor, a large family stressed that the young man never returned their greetings.

Only a resident of the ground floor, Anan, said it was suspicious that neighbor, a “handsome man staring too his two daughters”


12:25:. Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls come landing in Nice


12:18: Hollande expected to Nice

the head of State left for Nice on Friday morning at the end of the Defence Council which was held in the Elysee. Following the deadly attack that hit the Promenade des Anglais, Francois Hollande is expected around noon in Nice for a visit that will take him to the Prefecture in particular, said the Elysee.

Accompanied by Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, it will then go to the Shepherd University Hospital to interview the services mobilized in the night from Thursday to Friday.


12:16: What are the means provided by the Orsec plan and the White Plan

the government triggered the Orsec plan and the White plane Thursday night after Nice perpetrated attack that left at least 84 dead. Two emergency plans to support the wounded and respond to the gravity of the situation.

More information thereby


12:08: Tunisia” strongly condemns the cowardly attacks “committed by a Franco-Tunisian

” Tunisia expresses its condolences to France and its people, “said a statement from the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

it” reiterates expressing its full support to France in its efforts to combat against the scourge of terrorism, “he said.

the head of state, Beji Caid Essebsi, went in the morning at the residence of France, near Tunis, for” express dismay, its solidarity and deep sorrow “at the Ambassador François Gouyette.

” This is a despicable act and we will fight together, showing our solidarity. (…) His friends countries need a strong France, “said he added the source.




12:03: Two Americans were killed in the bombing of Nice, said the State Department


11:48: “If all the means had been taken,” the attack “would not have occurred,” said Juppe

former Prime Minister Alain Juppe, candidate for the primary right for the presidency, said Friday on RTL radio that “if all means were taken,” the bombing of Nice, which at least 84 people were killed Thursday night, “would not have occurred.”

to the question of whether all means were taken Thursday night in Nice, Alain Juppe, candidate for the primary the right for 2017, responded: “I’m not an investigator. If all means were taken, the tragedy would not have occurred. Of course to do more, to do better. First, regarding our intelligence services. “

The mayor of Bordeaux demanded that” all means against war made in France “are mobilized.




11:42: the free app “attack alert” of the government is criticized for being slow

While the attack began shortly after 22:30, the application has sent a notification to 1:34, according to a 20 Minutes and several screenshots on Twitter. About three hours after the start of the infernal trip of the truck in Nice


11:41:. At least fifty children were hospitalized, according to a hospital source

“at 7:00 we found two child deaths” during surgical procedures, “to others are still between life and death, “he specified. The death toll of the attack released Thursday morning by the Ministry of the Interior is at least 84 deaths, 18 people “in absolute emergency”, “fifty minor injuries” and 120 other people “involved” , shocked or supported by relief


11:37. in blood donation centers, Nice tributary “to the horror”

Our reporter visited the French blood Establishment donation center (EFS), east of Nice, who had never seen such crowds.

His report and the testimony of donors are reading here.




11:35: Monaco alongside France

the Prince Albert II sent a message to President Francois Hollande on Friday morning.

“in the evening of his national Day, France suffered in Nice a deadly terrorist attack, writes the sovereign. With a very strong emotion, I want to assure you of the full solidarity of my country, based on the common destiny between the Principality of Monaco and the French Republic. At your side, we remember the victims in recollection and sorrow and express the wounded our deep compassion. “




11:33: Who are the victims of the attack?

Among the victims, there are many children, reported the head of state, Francois Hollande. Probably “more than a dozen children,” said the head of the PACA region on RTL Christian Estrosi. Nice for families and tourists are also included, according to the first reports, from the list of victims, which has not yet been clarified by the authorities. The British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, reported this morning the wound of a British national.

MetroNews also ensures that the assistant commissioner of the Border Police of Nice , come watch the fireworks with the family, is among the spectators who have died.


11:26: Several French channels criticized for broadcasting images shocking

many viewers were outraged images of the bombing in Nice disseminated in the night from Thursday to Friday on TF1 (which broadcast the LCI editions), France 2 and BFM TV.

The three channels showed a video of the truck barreling on the crowd on the Promenade des Anglais. “It is appalling for families who have lost someone,” a viewer has reacted on Twitter.

The CSA was seized while France Television apologized and referred to “an error in judgment.”




11:24: safety device strengthened on the Tour de France

the security system was strengthened on the 13th stage of the Tour de France Friday, between Bourg-Saint-Andéol and the Cave of the Pont-d’Arc after the bombing of Nice, which in fact at least 84 dead told AFP from the organization.

Some 600 members of the security forces are mobilized on this stage against the clock.


11:23: the measures announced by Hollande show “impotence” of the executive, as the chairman of the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the attacks of 2015

extension of the state of emergency and the maintenance of the military operation Sentinel, announced Friday by President Francois Hollande, demonstrate “impotence” of the executive facing the jihadist threat, criticized the president of the commission Parliamentary investigation into the attacks in 2015.

“the state of emergency rule nothing. It reassures, that’s all. Sentinel strength does not solve anything either. It’s psychological, “said LR MP Georges Fenech.

These two measures, the Commission of Inquiry pointed out in his report” limited scope “, are according to Mr Fenech” a sign impotence and blindness, “the head of state, who also announced intensified strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.


11.15: François Molins held a press conference in Nice at 17:00

the public prosecutor of Paris Francois Molins, will hold a press conference at Nice courthouse at 17:00, said prosecutors in Paris.

the Paris prosecutor, who has national responsibility for counter-terrorism affairs, has received the investigation into the killings.




11:11: A raid on the home of the truck driver

the raid took place at 9:30 in the presence of members of the heavily armed raid, said a neighbor of the driver whose papers were found in the truck.

around 11:00 am, members of the technical and scientific police were still present in the apartment of the young man of 31 years, located in a small building in a popular district of the east of the city.


11:10: earlier related to terrorism that have occurred in recent months in the region

If Thursday’s attack has not been claimed, it is known that the city of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) and its region are highly threatened for months by terrorist attacks. Events related to terrorism were to be deplored recent months.

The analysis of our reporter to read by that


11:04: what is the” operational reserve “that François Hollande calls

the goal? is to “relieve the staff of police and gendarmes.” But who are these reservists?

All the answers are found here


10:56: the Muslim authority of Al-Azhar calls for unity face “terrorism”

the highest institution of Sunni Islam Egypt, Al-Azhar Friday condemned the Nice attack that left more than 80 dead, calling for unity to “rid the world of terrorism.”

“These heinous terrorist attacks contradict teachings of Islam, “said she said in a statement. “Al-Azhar asserts the need to join efforts to defeat terrorism”


10:54.: the Paris Bourse started the session down

a few minutes after the opening of the session on Friday, the CAC showed decline of 0.55% to 4361.57 points. In its wake, the FTSE-100 index of the London Stock Exchange opened down 0.19% at 6641.75, with a sharp decline in the travel industry. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange has also started in the red, weighed down by the attack. In transactions start, the index star Dax dropped 0.37% to 10,031.18 points after rising 1.39% yesterday.




10:35: the extension of the state of emergency cabinet meeting Tuesday to Parliament on Wednesday and Thursday


10:31: Three days of national mourning decreed for 16, 17 and 18 July

the flags will be flown at half mast from today, said Friday Prime Minister Manuel Valls after the Defence Council meeting in the Elysee Palace.

“We are facing a war on terrorism gives us, “he said.

France is going to have to live with terrorism, he said.


10:24: Marine Le Pen calls for the establishment of” comprehensive action “

“the war against the scourge of Islamic fundamentalism has not started, it is urgent now to declare,” says the president of the National Front party in a statement.

“We really engage putting in place a series of measures that I have already detailed, which I shall have occasion to return, designed to tackle the source of the phenomenon, “has she said.

“in the stunning and compassion must now add the action, the necessary measures of prevention and suppression, and utter determination to eradicate the scourge of Islamic fundamentalism,” she added.


10:22: the CFCM, the CMU and the Great mosque of Paris condemned the bombing in Nice

“France has just been hit again by an attack of extreme gravity,” says in a statement the CFCM, condemning the attack “heinous and despicable designed our same day the country celebrates the national day that the values ​​of liberty, equality and fraternity. ” “The CFCM transmits its total solidarity with the inhabitants of Nice, expresses its deep sympathy to the families of the many victims and wish a speedy recovery to the injured,” it added. It also calls on Muslims in France to pray Friday “in memory of the victims of this barbaric attack.”
Also in a statement signed by its rector Dalil Boubaker, the Great Mosque of Paris, expressing his “great emotion and consternation “,” strongly condemned this heinous and horrible criminal mass attacks. ” It “calls for unity of all citizens in this new ordeal that saddens the whole national community.”
Mohammed Moussaoui, President of the Union of Mosques of France (UMF), related to Morocco, also condemned “with the utmost vigor” the attack “cowardly and despicable” Nice, including the procedure, “regularly discussed” by the Islamic State group, said that the fight against terrorism must prioritize “education and prevention “youth including” some are now transformed into tools and weapons of terrorism. ”




10:05: The route taken by the “crazy truck”


9:56: the stage of the Tour de France maintained

This is a race against the clock of 38 kilometers between Bourg-Saint-Andéol and the Cave of the Pont d’Arc.

the caravan will be silent in tribute to the victims. It is the prefecture of the Ardèche which made the official information, the organization of the Tour remaining silent on a possible cancellation of the stage.




9:54: The truck driver was positively identified

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel is the owner of identity papers in the name of a French-Tunisian 31 years residing in Nice, found in the truck by investigators.

“Many operations are currently underway on Friday morning, including Nice,” said police sources.


9:51: the main French Facebook page EI off tonight


9:40: the ESF does not issue a call for donations, but calls for the mobilization in the period


9:32: the reactions of the political world continue to flock

Vladimir Putin Friday expressed its solidarity with France, calling the attack a “barbaric act” and calling to continue the “struggle against terrorism”.

“Russia is in solidarity with the french people that day difficult,” said the Putin in a telegram addressed to French President Francois Hollande, according to the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was “disgusted” by the attack ” fool “Nice on his Twitter account.

US Secretary of State John Kerry, who attended the July 14 parade in Paris, lambasted a” hideous attack (…) against persons innocent during a day that celebrates freedom, equality and fraternity “.

the new British Prime Minister Theresa May is kept informed of the” terrible incident “in Nice, Downing Street was said “very shocked and concerned”

Senegalese President Macky Sall. “The unspeakable attacks cowardly killing as many innocent victims tonight in Nice deeply sadden me”


9:25: Defence Board Start

the Defence Council met with Hollande began Friday shortly after 9:00, told AFP a source within the Presidency of the Republic.

particular Attend this Council around the head of state, Prime Minister Manuel Valls the Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and the chief of Staff of the armed Pierre de Villiers. The Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, who visited in Nice shortly after the attack, should attend these debates by videoconference.




9:20: A number available to join the inter cell victims


9:16: No specific need in terms of blood donations by the Interior spokesman

There is “no particular need in terms of blood donations,” said the spokesman Interior Ministry Pierre-Henry Brandet.

However, the Mountie and several media show, for those who wish to donate blood, the opening hours and addresses of the branches.




8:53: flags of Paris at half-mast


8:51: the Vatican condemns the attack

the Holy See has followed” with great concern “the unfolding events in Nice and condemned “in the most absolute way” this attack in this city in southern France.

“We followed that night with an enormous concern the terrible news of Nice” said the Vatican spokesman, father Federico Lombardi in a statement written in french.

“We express from the Pope François our participation and solidarity with the suffering of the victims and the french people whole “in” a day scheduled to be a great day of celebration, “says the spokesman.

” We condemn in the most absolute manner any manifestation of madness ‘deadly’, hatred, terrorism and attacks against peace, “concluded father Lombardi


8:50. a family found on Facebook baby lost in the stampede

on Facebook, a family that has managed to find his eight month old baby lost on her stroller during the movement of crowds created by the passage of the crazy truck on the promenade des Anglais.




8:48: Madrid, Washington and London show solidarity

the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy presented Friday his condolences to the french people after the “atrocious attack” committed Thursday night in Nice.

“My condolences to the victims of all the people french, “said in a message on his Twitter account Mariano Rajoy. He announced that he would make statements in connection with the “abominable attack” Friday morning at the Moncloa Palace, the seat of government.

“We are in solidarity with France, our oldest ally , when she faced this attack, “said his side US President Barack Obama.

” Devastated by this unspeakable attack in Nice. We are united in grief and in our determination to fight terrorism, “said London Mayor Sadiq Khan.




8:44: the truck was rented “just a few days” in the South East of France

“the truck was rented ago a few days in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, “said a police source told AFP.

the white heavyweight who once his driver shot dead by police showed the visor shock front and the torn grille and the windscreen riddled with bullet holes, “changed its route at least once” during his two-kilometer race, said the police source. “He clearly sought to make maximum casualties,” she said.

The vehicle, which crashed into the crowd Thursday night in full celebration of 14 July on the Promenade des Anglais , was 84 dead, said the ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told AFP. Children are among those killed


8:42. The families received to Home House victims

the visitor center is now open for families to Home House of victims, 6 rue Gubernatis, under the guidance of the Inter Unit of Assistance victims, said the prefecture. Families who present to the MUC continue to be received


8:37. Ten children among the 84 victims, according to Christian Estrosi

the former mayor of Nice spoke on RTL while a new balance revised upwards Friday morning reported 84 victims, while 18 people are still in a state of “absolute urgency”


8:36: Marseille announced on Twitter the cancellation of the planned fireworks Friday night in the city


8:24: the blood of the French Establishment calls for donations

According to La Provence , the French blood Establishment launched an appeal for donations.




8:21: The leaders and European politicians are supporting the France

“Germany is on the side of France in the fight against terrorism,” she said in Ulaanbaatar, on the sidelines of the 11th Asia-Europe summit (ASEM). “The words are barely sufficient to say what unites us to our French friends,” she added, referring to his “amazement” after the attack.

Belgium, through its Prime Minister Charles Michel and his Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has supported France.

The President of the European Parliament also commented on the social network


8:03: François Hollande extends three-month state of emergency and appealed for “national reserve”

“I decided that the state of emergency, which was to end on 26 July, will be extended for three months, “he said during a televised address the night. “A bill will be submitted to parliament by next week,” he said.

The Sentinel mobilizing 10,000 military operation, and more gendarmes and policemen also continues

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