Jackie Bezos, who funded her son Jeff’s startup, dies at 78
France’s Hollande says Nice attack undeniably of ‘terrorist nature’
8:51 CAT | 15 Jul 2016
Reuters / French President Francois Hollande gestures after a televised interview at the Elysee Palace where he said that France will not extend a state of emergency put in place after the November 2015 attacks beyond July 26.
French President Francois Hollande said Thursday’s lethal attack on the southern city of Nice was clearly a ‘terrorist’ assault and that the state of emergency imposed since a previous attack on Paris last November would be extended for another three months.
Speaking after an emergency meeting in the early hours of Friday morning, Hollande said at least 77 people were killed in an attack in which the assailant drove a big truck at high speed into dense crowds who were watching a fireworks display on the country’s national Bastille Day holiday.
“There’s no denying the terrorist nature of this attack of yet again the most extreme form of violence,” the French leader said in a national television address at 4 a.m. (10:00 p.m. EDT), about five or six hours after the carnage in Nice.
Source: Reuters
Show comments
Also read
Leave a Reply
Be the First to Comment!
You must be logged in to post a comment.
You must be logged in to post a comment.