Nice truck attack

The **Nice truck attack** occurred on July 14, 2016, when a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and the injury of 434 others.

## Incident

On 14 July in Nice, at approximately 10:30, just after the end of the Bastille Day fireworks display, a white 19 tonne Renault Midlum cargo truck, driven by 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, emerged from the Magnan quarter of Nice turning eastward on to the Promenade des Anglais, then closed to traffic, near the Fondation Lenval Children's Hospital.

Travelling at close to 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) and mounting onto the pavement as if out of control, it hit and killed numerous bystanders before passing the Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen, where it was first reported by municipal police. 400 metres (1,300 ft) from the children's hospital, at the intersection with Boulevard Gambetta, the truck accelerated and mounted on to the kerb to force its way through the police barriers—a police car, a crowd control barrier and lane separators—marking the beginning of the pedestrianised zone.

Having broken through the barrier, the truck, driving in a zigzag fashion, knocked down random members of the crowd milling about on the pavement and in the three traffic lanes on the seaward side of the Promenade. The driver tried to stay on the pavement—returning to the traffic lanes only when blocked by a bus shelter or pavilion—thus increasing the number of deaths. After reaching the Hotel Negresco, the progress of the truck, already travelling more slowly, was further slowed down by a passing cyclist, whose attempts to open the cabin door were abandoned after being threatened with a gun through the window. This was followed by a motorcyclist, in pursuit from the Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen, who threw his scooter under the front wheels of the truck at the intersection with rue Meyerbeer, mounted the truck and struck blows at the driver from the running board before being hit with the butt of the driver's gun, suffering moderate injuries as he fell off the truck's side. The driver fired several shots at police from his 7.65 mm firearm, close to the Hotel Negresco, as police arrived; they returned fire with their 9mm Sig Sauer handguns, gave chase to the vehicle and attempted to disable it.

The truck travelled a further 200 metres (660 ft) until, in a badly damaged state, it came to halt at 22:35 next to the Palais de la Méditerranée approximately five minutes after the start of the attack. There, two national police officers shot and killed Lahouiej-Bouhlel.

## Aftermath

Multiple bullet holes were seen in the windscreen and cab of the truck. The entire attack took place over a distance of 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi), between numbers 11 and 147 of the Promenade des Anglais, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and creating high levels of panic in the crowds. Some were injured as a result of jumping onto the pebbled beach several metres below the Promenade.

In addition to the firearm used during the attack, an ammunition magazine, a fake Beretta pistol, a dummy grenade, a replica Kalashnikov rifle, and a replica M16 rifle were found in the cabin of the truck. Also recovered were a mobile phone and personal documents, including an identity card, a driver's licence, and credit cards. There were several pallets and a bicycle in the rear of the truck.

## Victims

* Léana Sahraoui, 2
* Silvia Panchenko, 2
* Kylian Mejri, 3
* Yanis Jawad Yves Coviaux, 4
* Joseph Borja, 6
* Kayla Ribeiro-Solioz, 6
* Yanis Malvezin-Sahraoui, 8
* Romain Knecht, 10
* Brodie Copeland, 11
* Amie Vimal de Murs, 12
* Elouan Hattermann, 12
* Mehdi Hachadi, 13
* Ludovic Rodier, 15
* André Raffaelli, 16
* Salma Al-Khodor, 18
* Marzena Chrzanowska, 19
* Silan Aydin, 19
* Magdalena Chrzanowska, 20
* Rickard Kruusberg, 20
* Nicolas "Nick" Leslie, 20
* Mykhalo "Misha" Bazelevskyy, 22
* Ludivine Rodier, 24
* Remedios Borja, 24
* Camille Ana Murris, 27
* Alina Bogdanova, 27
* Bilel Labbaoui, 28
* Michaël Pellegrini, 28
* Myriam Bellazouz, 29
* Elizabeth Ribeiro-Solioz, 30
* Mino Razafitrimo, 31
* Olfa Bent Souayah Khalfallah, 31
* Marina Panchenko, 32
* Nariné Gasparyan, 34
* Cristinel Coman, 34
* Rachel Servonnet Erbs, 39
* Bruno Luigi Villani, 42
* Aldjia Bouzaouit, 42
* Fatima Marzouk, 43
* Stephanie Cesari, 43
* David Bonnet, 44
* Odile Caléo, 44
* Hervé Fabrice Chadeau, 44
* Mathias Billiez, 45
* Laurence Rasteu, 46
* Céline Bousfiha, 46
* Igor Chelechko, 47
* Carla Gaveglio, 48
* Emmanuel Grout, 48
* Laurence "Nora" Sahraoui, 49
* Hugues Mismaque, 49
* Adib Bousfiha, 50
* Sean Copeland, 51
* Linda Siccardi, 54
* Françoise Hattermann, 55
* Véronique Lyon, 55
* Roman Ekmaliyan, 56
* Pierre Hattermann, 56
* Maire-Pierre Viale, 56
* Natalya Otto, 57
* Fatima Charrihi, 58
* Mohamed Toukabri, 58
* Lyubov Panchenko, 59
* Tatjana Muhhamedova, 61
* Patricia Zanon, 62
* Yvette Lyon, 63
* Jacqueline Wurtlin, 64
* Christiane Fabry, 67
* Gianna D'Agostino, 68
* Léa Marie Mignaçabal, 68
* Germain Lyon, 68
* Lionel Deforge, 69
* Jocelyne Caléo, 70
* Angelo D'Agostino, 71
* Zahia Rahmouni, 71
* Maria Grazi Ascoli, 72
* Thérèse Michel, 72
* Raymonde Maman, 77
* Christiane Locatelli, 78
* Jean-Pierre Joussemet, 79
* Sylviane Noailland-Rault-Roux, 79
* François Locatelli, 81
* Mario Casati, 92