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	<!-- Per MOS:BOLDTITLE and WP:SBE, neither the article's title nor related text appears in bold. -->On the evening of 14 July 2016, ], a Franco-],<ref>{{cite news\|title=Attentat de Nice : ce que l'on sait du chauffeur, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel\|url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/attaque-de-nice/20160715.OBS4681/attentat-de-nice-ce-que-l-on-sait-du-chauffeur-du-camion.html\|accessdate=15 July 2016\|work=]\|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attentat-a-nice-ce-que-lon-sait-du-supect-280011\|publisher=Europe1\|title=Attentat à Nice : le suspect a été formellement identifié\|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref> deliberately drove a ] into crowds celebrating ] on the ] in ], France, killing at least 84 and injuring many more.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-36799172\|title=Nice attack: Dozens killed during Bastille Day celebrations\|publisher=\|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Attentat-a-Nice-au-moins-84-morts-et-18-blesses-en-etat-d-urgence-absolue-1020058\|title=Attentat à Nice: au coins 84 persons tunes par le camion fou\|publisher=ParisMatch\|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref> The attacker ~~was~~ ~~heard shouting~~ "''Allahu Akbar''" as he drove the truck in a ] manner through the crowd.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1447619/at-least-77-dead-and-100-injured-as-lorry-crashes-into-crowd-of-revellers-celebrating-in-france-terror-attack/\|title=At least ten children among 84 slaughtered by truck driver who ploughed through Nice crowd ‘like a bowling ball while shouting Allahu Akbar’\|date=2016-07-14\|language=en-US\|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref><ref name="Boyle_2016-07-14_DailyMail">{{cite news \|last1=Boyle \|first1=Darren \|last2=Tonkin \|first2=Sam \|date=14 July 2016\|title=Gun and truck attack leaves at least 80 dead in Nice: Men, women and kids strewn across road after lorry speeds for a MILE through holiday crowd watching fireworks, before gunman opens fire\|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3691019/Several-people-injured-truck-crashes-crowd-Bastille-Day-celebrations-Nice.html\|newspaper=Daily Mail\|access-date=15 July 2016\|quote=Pro-ISIS groups have been celebrating the attack, orchestrated to coincide with France's most important national holiday, but as yet the terror group has not officially claimed responsibility.}}</ref><ref name="Henderson_2016-07-14_TheTelegraph">{{cite news\|last1=Henderson\|first1= Barney\|last2=Graham\|first2=Graham\|date=14 July 2016\|title=Nice terror attack: 80 killed by truck crashing into Bastille Day crowd and ploughing into pedestrians for up to 2km then spraying them with bullets\|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/14/truck-crashes-into-crowd-at-bastille-day-celebrations-in-nice2/\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|access-date=15 July 2016\|quote= 2:19am 'Driver was 31-year-old from Nice' The local newspaper, Nice-Matin, reports that the man driving the truck was a 31-year-old Nice resident of Tunisian origin. The truck driver was said to have shouted ']' — God is greatest — before being shot dead by police.}}{{dead link\|date=July 2016}}</ref> He was shot and killed by police. This was the third major terrorist attack in France since January 2015, following the ] on 7–9 January 2015 and the subsequent ] on 13 November 2015.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/world/europe/attack-nice-bastille-day.html\|title=Death Toll From Terrorist Attack in Nice, France, Rises to 84\|last=Breeden\|first=Alissa J. Rubin, Adam Nossiter, Aurelien\|date=2016-07-15\|last2=Blaise\|first2=Lilia\|newspaper=The New York Times\|issn=0362-4331\|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref>		<!-- Per MOS:BOLDTITLE and WP:SBE, neither the article's title nor related text appears in bold. -->On the evening of 14 July 2016, ], a Franco-],<ref>{{cite news\|title=Attentat de Nice : ce que l'on sait du chauffeur, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel\|url=http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/attaque-de-nice/20160715.OBS4681/attentat-de-nice-ce-que-l-on-sait-du-chauffeur-du-camion.html\|accessdate=15 July 2016\|work=]\|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/attentat-a-nice-ce-que-lon-sait-du-supect-280011\|publisher=Europe1\|title=Attentat à Nice : le suspect a été formellement identifié\|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref> deliberately drove a ] into crowds celebrating ] on the ] in ], France, killing at least 84 and injuring many more.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-36799172\|title=Nice attack: Dozens killed during Bastille Day celebrations\|publisher=\|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Attentat-a-Nice-au-moins-84-morts-et-18-blesses-en-etat-d-urgence-absolue-1020058\|title=Attentat à Nice: au coins 84 persons tunes par le camion fou\|publisher=ParisMatch\|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref> The attacker reportedly shouted "''Allahu Akbar''" as he drove the truck in a ] manner through the crowd.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1447619/at-least-77-dead-and-100-injured-as-lorry-crashes-into-crowd-of-revellers-celebrating-in-france-terror-attack/\|title=At least ten children among 84 slaughtered by truck driver who ploughed through Nice crowd ‘like a bowling ball while shouting Allahu Akbar’\|date=2016-07-14\|language=en-US\|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref><ref name="Boyle_2016-07-14_DailyMail">{{cite news \|last1=Boyle \|first1=Darren \|last2=Tonkin \|first2=Sam \|date=14 July 2016\|title=Gun and truck attack leaves at least 80 dead in Nice: Men, women and kids strewn across road after lorry speeds for a MILE through holiday crowd watching fireworks, before gunman opens fire\|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3691019/Several-people-injured-truck-crashes-crowd-Bastille-Day-celebrations-Nice.html\|newspaper=Daily Mail\|access-date=15 July 2016\|quote=Pro-ISIS groups have been celebrating the attack, orchestrated to coincide with France's most important national holiday, but as yet the terror group has not officially claimed responsibility.}}</ref><ref name="Henderson_2016-07-14_TheTelegraph">{{cite news\|last1=Henderson\|first1= Barney\|last2=Graham\|first2=Graham\|date=14 July 2016\|title=Nice terror attack: 80 killed by truck crashing into Bastille Day crowd and ploughing into pedestrians for up to 2km then spraying them with bullets\|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/14/truck-crashes-into-crowd-at-bastille-day-celebrations-in-nice2/\|newspaper=The Telegraph\|access-date=15 July 2016\|quote= 2:19am 'Driver was 31-year-old from Nice' The local newspaper, Nice-Matin, reports that the man driving the truck was a 31-year-old Nice resident of Tunisian origin. The truck driver was said to have shouted ']' — God is greatest — before being shot dead by police.}}{{dead link\|date=July 2016}}</ref> He was shot and killed by police. This was the third major terrorist attack in France since January 2015, following the ] on 7–9 January 2015 and the subsequent ] on 13 November 2015.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news\|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/world/europe/attack-nice-bastille-day.html\|title=Death Toll From Terrorist Attack in Nice, France, Rises to 84\|last=Breeden\|first=Alissa J. Rubin, Adam Nossiter, Aurelien\|date=2016-07-15\|last2=Blaise\|first2=Lilia\|newspaper=The New York Times\|issn=0362-4331\|access-date=2016-07-15}}</ref>

	==Background==		==Background==

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2016 Nice attack
Part of Terrorism in France
File:Palais de la Méditerranée.jpgThe Palais de la Mediterranée on the Promenade des Anglais, where the attack was stopped
Route of the attacker from west to east
Location	Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France
Coordinates	43°41′37″N 7°15′21″E / 43.6936°N 7.2557°E / 43.6936; 7.2557
Date	14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) (Bastille Day) c. 22:40 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Attack type	Vehicular assault
Weapons	Cargo truck
Deaths	84+ (including the perpetrator)
Injured	202 (52 critically)
Perpetrator	Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel

On the evening of 14 July 2016, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Franco-Tunisian, deliberately drove a cargo truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, killing at least 84 and injuring many more. The attacker reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he drove the truck in a zigzag manner through the crowd. He was shot and killed by police. This was the third major terrorist attack in France since January 2015, following the Île-de-France attacks on 7–9 January 2015 and the subsequent coordinated Paris attacks on 13 November 2015.

Background

On the morning before the attack, French President François Hollande reaffirmed that the state of emergency put in place after the November 2015 Paris attacks would end after the Tour de France finished on 26 July 2016. France had just finished hosting the Euro 2016 soccer tournament, during which the country had extensive security measures in place and deployed many more soldiers.

This attack follows a series of vehicle attacks on civilians, including the 2014 Dijon attack and the 2014 Nantes attack; both ISIL and Al-Qaeda have encouraged sympathizers living in Western countries to carry out such attacks. More than 20 ideologically-motivated, lone wolf, vehicle attacks have been carried out in Western countries during the past decade, including the pair of attacks in France, one the day after the other, in 2014. Three took place in Jerusalem in the summer of 2008.

Attack

On the evening of 14 July 2016, thousands of people had gathered along the waterfront of Nice, France, to watch the Bastille Day firework display. The mood of the crowd was celebratory. At approximately 22:10 CEST (20:10 UTC), 30 minutes before the incident, a large white cargo truck was seen approaching the Promenade des Anglais. "He was speeding up, braking, speeding up again and braking again. We thought it was weird," said Laicia Baroi, an eyewitness. The truck then doubled back towards the airport and breached the vehicle barriers opposite the Lenval children's hospital. The truck was moving slowly and a motorcyclist pulled up alongside and tried to open the truck door. The truck ran over the motorcyclist after he fell off. Watching this, two nearby police officers opened fire on the truck. At this point the driver sped up towards the Promenade.

The fireworks were just finishing at approximately 22:40 CEST (20:40 UTC), when the truck, moving at high speed, plunged into the crowds on the Promenade. It was swerving to hit pedestrians. Police tried to stop it with gunfire, and the driver shot back at them, as well as at people in the crowd. It was reported the driver shouted "Allahu Akbar!".

The truck continued for two kilometers (1.25 miles), killing and injuring pedestrians. Police surrounded it near the luxury Palais de la Méditerranée hotel. The truck was raked with gunfire and the driver inside killed.

Perpetrator

Main article: Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel

French media identified the perpetrator as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a 31-year-old man of Tunisian and French nationality. His identity papers were found in the truck. According to police reports, he was born in Tunisia, had a French residency permit and lived in Nice. He was married with three children, but in the course of divorce. He was reported to have had financial difficulties and to have worked as a driver, acquiring a truck permit less than a year before the attack.

According to media reports, Bouhlel was known to police for five prior criminal offenses, notably regarding armed violence. He was last arrested less than a month before the attack after a traffic accident in which he had been sleeping at the wheel, and remained subject to judicial supervision. He was, however, not registered as a national security risk (fiche "S") with French authorities.

Bouhlel's parents are divorced and live in France. Reports say that Bouhlel often used to visit Tunisia, saying the last time he did so was eight months ago, before he went back to France. He was not known by Tunisian authorities to have been involved in any terrorism activities on Tunisian soil. However, he was known to the authorities in connection with drugs- and alcohol-related offences.

Victims

Nationalities of victims
Nationality	Dead	Injured
Algeria	3
Armenia	1
Australia		3
Belgium	1
China		2
Estonia		2
France	1
Germany	3
Ireland		1
Kazakhstan	1
Morocco	3
Portugal		1
Russia	2	1
Switzerland	2
Tunisia	1
Ukraine	1	2
United Kingdom	1
United States	2
Unknown	62	190
Total	84+	202

In total, there have been 84 deaths from the attack and 50 people are receiving emergency treatment for their injuries.

As well as the many French people killed, several foreigners were also killed. Multiple British people have been injured, according to the UK government. The Berlin School Board in Germany announced that two of their high school students and a teacher from Paula-Fürst-Gemeinschaftsschule in Charlottenburg were among those killed.

There were reportedly many Muslims who were among the 84 people killed in the attack, according to a journalist who saw several people with scarves or speaking Arabic. The first victim to die was a Muslim mother of seven named Fatima Charrihi.

Reactions

Immediately after the attack, when it remained unclear whether the threat had ended, people used social media, particularly Twitter, to help others find shelter, using the hashtag #PortesOuvertesNice (open doors Nice), a variation of a hashtag used in other recent attacks in France.

Domestic

President François Hollande returned to Paris from Avignon to have an emergency Interior Ministry meeting regarding the attacks. Hollande addressed the French nation in a televised broadcast from Paris in the early morning of 15 July 2016 announcing future measures against terrorism, including a three-month extension of the state of emergency, previously due to end on 26 July. He also announced that more security personnel would be deployed. The Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls later announced that there would be three days of national mourning on 16–18 July.

Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve initiated the ORSEC plan immediately following the attacks.