According to French officials, at least 75 people are dead in Nice after a person driving a truck plowed into a group of people.
We will be updating this article as the night goes on.
9:52: Hollande says France will not back down in Syria, Iraq; will stand up to terrorists worldwide who hate free societies.
9:50: French President specifically calls attack a form of “Islamic radicalism.”
9:48: French President speaking now. Calls attack terrorism. Says attacker was shot and killed by police.
9:43: Trump: I would ask Congress for a Declaration of War to combat terrorism.
9:37: Truck driver only known to police for “minor offences.”
9:30: Unconfirmed reports that driver was from Tunisia. Possibly 31-years-old.
9:25: 80 people now confirmed dead.
9:19: French President to address nation at any minute.
9:14: Clinton on CNN: attack shows US needs to stand with allies, NATO.
9:09:
In light of the horrible attack in Nice, France, I have postponed tomorrow's news conference concerning my Vice Presidential announcement.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2016
9:00: A French newspaper’s headline for tomorrow:
8:51: Several news agencies are not airing videos of the attacks because they are “too gruesome.” After watching a few, they are extremely so. You can see one here. Be warned, they are very, very difficult to watch and graphic.
8:40: Despite reports other reports, there is NO hostage situation at the Meridien and Negresco hotels in France.
8:34: 42 people are currently in critical condition.
8:28: 77 people are now confirmed dead.
8:23:
BREAKING: Paris prosecutor’s office opens terrorism investigation over Nice truck attack.
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 15, 2016
What we know so far:
-It is Bastille Day in France, the equivalent of our Independence Day. Large groups had gathered to celebrate.
-The truck was a tractor trailer.
-The truck was going relatively slow, from 10-15 miles per hour.
-It was driven over a mile into a group of people.
-The truck was also filled with explosives.
any idea on a motive?
any idea on a motive?
We might never know the motive. Now, back to world’s biggest threat – Global Warming.
Tomorrow is national day of protest???
Next week is the Republican convention.
Then the democrat convention.
The Olympics are three weeks away.
Target rich environments, be safe people.
Hopefully Obama has Air Force One warmed up.
Those Frenchies could use a lecture to prevent any harsh rhetoric against muslims.
Is obama offering asylum to the oppressed islamic terrorists in France yet?
My little town’s motto is “Nice Matters”. Tragically, that means something very different now.
America, and the world, needs to see the video of the carnage that took place in France.
Find, and put up the damn video so people can see what Islam really is all about.
It’s time to put on our big boy pants, America.
77 dead? Dear God, when I left work less than three hours ago, it was only 30.
God, please have mercy on their innocent souls.
Of course, I figured out right away it was a terrorist attack–and that was before it even registered that today is a national holiday in France.
Obama defending Islam in 5, 4, 3, 2……
@Menderman:
I’m thinking of starting a cottage industry making t-shirts that say I AM NICE.
How’s that for a double entendre?
Yonkers,
Don’t need Obama to defend Islam because O’Reilly just did it through a phone call from a “Muslim” who said that this has nothing to do with Islam.
Oh, and by the way, I’d like to thank O’Reilly for letting all of us know that Obama has very emotional ties to Islam 7.5 FUCKING YEARS LATE.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Has President Ash Carter issued a statement yet? I’m pretty sure Adjunct President Obama is on vacation right now.
I am also in prayer about this…
But…
Right now all I want is for the western world to ban Islam, absolutely and completely. Ban it. Outlaw it.
It’s not bigoted to ban a religion that LITERALLY commands it’s followers to murder, plunder and carnage people who don’t worship their damn moon devil. Time to stop the insanity. Time to elect Trump.
Jackass gets $11,000 hair treatments but can’t put any of that money aside to deport terrorists, eh?
You can find some very graphic video of the aftermath on LiveLeak. I agree with Tsunami, and probably most of the rest of you, that people need to see the bodies to understand the threat on a gut level.
I heard Pamela Geller has the photos, but I haven’t been over there yet.
Be prepared if you go look at the photos…many are stripped of most of their clothing from being dragged under a truck…and that’s not the most disturbing things you will see…
Poor driver – just think how bad he feels!
People do need to see the bodies. People need to wake the fuck up.
I bet some of my intellectual libertarian friends will plaster the airwaves with how “these are a few bad apples…”. Yes, very bad apples. Rotten to the bleeding core.
And you know what… it’s more than likely that the “authorities” already knew about these cocksuckers.
It’s about time the people responsible for saddling all of Europe with this plague get dragged out into the street and dealt with. Otherwise these people die in vain. Enoughs enough.
Apparently it’s easier to get a muslim in France than it is to get a book….
I hope James Taylor’s schedule is clear
Once again we’ll hear more bullshit from the asshole in the White House who refuses to use the term iSlamic terrorism when confronted with the obvious!
And once again we’ll hear about the few bad apples as Shaunqueefus says. The problem is Leftists and defecRats in general promote this propaganda while bleeding-heart liberals, the dumbed-down, self-absorbed, celebrity-obsessed, White guilt-ridden, Birkenstock-wearing, bottled-water-drinking, Politically Correct, Rainbow Plantation, Diversity-loving, kumbaya-singing, bobble-headed Eloi that they are, will probably want to organize a love-in demonstration for oppressed muzlims!
They just need a hug!
Isn’t that the latest line of crap from the Lynch mob?
Meanwhile we continue to wait for the Million Muzzie March against terrorism.
I don’t know about yous guys, but I don’t have 1400 years to wait!
Has the Presidential Vagina in waiting weighed in?
I hope the French people rise up and say “enough”.
A Frexit would be a good start, then maybe they could channel their ancestors that put the guillotine to good use against feckless pols.
Do we know the terroris — I mean Gunmen’s names?
I am not emotionally moved. Sorry. These frogs threw open the doors to their country and welcomed these Muslim scum in to run roughshod over their country.
They are in full surrender/appeasement mode, as is all of Europe. Except maybe the Brits.
That’s what you get when you let 7th century savages into your homeland and prostate yourselves before them.
Obama is doing the same in his host country, he not being raised as an American. Americans, on the other hand, will not suffer this bullshit for much longer. If it isn’t solved in November it will be solved up close and personal and with malice.
It’s chilling that you don’t need sophisticated weapons or a lot of training. All you need are crowds, a large enough vehicle and the will or desire.
@Aurelius – Thank you for the live blogging. You are way ahead of the majors and bigger blogs with updates. Great. Thank you
0bama’s religion of peace strikes again.
We better open our borders so more can come here.
Honestly, I am a bit disappointed, I was hoping to see several BLM protesters flat as a pancake with a tattered banner or picket signs with tire marks.. ~Sarcasm~
#FrenchLivesMatter
This is not nice but it would be poetic justice if one of 0bamas daughters becomes a victim of Islamo Fascism just to set the record straight considering how he refuses to acknowledge the problem that the rest of us must live with because of him.
just saying
Any word if some the munitions found in the truck can be sourced to Benghazi?
Crusade
Trump and a Declaration of War. At first, I thought wtf? Then I had a flashback to Reagan and the fear he put into the hearts of our enemies during the campaign, and before. Trump will get blasted by the usual suspects for the remark, but he’s going to bring in even more voters. Trump’s message today served two purposes. Well done.
@mickey
Obama is like the pharaoh of Moses’ time. He’s a hard hearted ideologue and even the death of a daughter would not change his mind.
French President cals indent islamic terrorism. White House still looking for Nicole Brown’s killer. er, motive.
The terrorist is a Tunisian Moslem.
Shocking, isn’t it. We all expected a conservative Christian Trump supporter.
It’s gonna get uglier and bloodier until we learn to get a lot uglier and bloodier on their asses! These cave-men only understand a bigger hammer and pain. Lots of pain.
Nice doesn’t work.
COEXIST bumper stickers ain’t gonna do it.
Negotiations, reasoning and agreements don’t mean a damn thing.
Start thinning their herd cuz if you don’t… they’ll be thinning ours!
I hope the French see that the political parties that flooded France with muslims over the years, are just as guilty of these deaths as the driver of the truck is.
Bravo for Hollande. Don’t back down.
Coming soon to a public event in YOUR town, and brought to you by the Obama Administration….
I hope he kept his PROGRESSIVE insurance policy paid up. /s
I can find only one word for this tragedy. Islam.
‘Real force in Syria’
Hollande added: “Following this, we will show real force and military action in Syria and Iraq.
The reason this sort of thing is so hard to fight (once you let them in) is that it is so low tech. And that’s the rub with the whole of Islam. They are barely out of the 7th century but what destruction they cause WORKS.
So of course the ONLY solution is to either not let them in, or bring in the scoops. Eternal Vigilance
This should take a while to “untangle.” Let us not “rush to judgement.” The truck could have had a breaking problem. The driver may have had a heart attack. Climate change could be a factor. We need a commission to get to the bottom of this. NATO has to pay more attention to this sort of stuff. We need to get INTERPOL involved in this. The CIA should be allowed to speak with the FBI.
And I’m losing my freaking mind.