On the evenin o 14 Julie 2016, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Franco-Tunisie,[4][5] deliberately drove a cargo truck intae crouds celebratin Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, Fraunce, killin at least 84 an injurin mony mair.[6][7] The attacker reportedly shoutit "Allahu Akbar" as he drove the truck in a zigzag manner throu the croud.[8][9][10] He wis shot an killed bi polis. This wis the third major terrorist attack in Fraunce syne Januar 2015, follaeing the Île-de-France attacks on 7–9 Januar 2015 an the subsequent coordinatit Paris attacks on 13 November 2015.[11]
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.
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 'Allahu Akbar' — God is greatest — before being shot dead by police.