Terror Attack in Nice: ISIS, Media, and Tactics

A truck plowed through a crowd gathered in Nice, France for Bastille Day celebrations on Thursday, killing at least 84 people and injuring dozens more.

In a statement in the early hours after the attack, French President François Hollande said that “there’s no denying the terrorist nature of this attack of yet again the most extreme form of violence” and announced a three-month extension of the state of national emergency. The investigation is still unfolding, however, and no claims of responsibility have yet been made.

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