Week seven : 尼斯恐攻

Nice attack: What we know about the Bastille Day killings

The driver also fired shots, before being killed by police. The driver of the lorry was identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian man. Police said that, at the time of the attack, Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was in possession of an automatic pistol, bullets, a fake automatic pistol and two replica assault rifles (a Kalashnikov and an M16), an empty grenade. Also in the lorry with him were a driving licence and a bank card.

Eighty-six people were killed, all but three of them at the time of the attack. The dead included 10 children and teenagers. A total of 303 people were taken to hospital for medical treatment. A man who was badly injured in the assault died on 4 August, taking the total number of those killed to 85. In the hours after the attacks, worried relatives posted images on social media of the missing.

French security officials are still assessing whether the driver of a truck was working alone or in a group. So-called Islamic State later claimed one of its followers carried out the attack. President Hollande said it was "an attack whose terrorist nature cannot be denied". Anti-terrorist prosecutors in Paris have launched an inquiry for murder and attempted murder as part of an organised terrorist strike. France's DGSI internal security organisation warned of the danger of further attacks from Islamist militants with "booby-trapped vehicles and bombs". The so-called Islamic State has targeted France on several occasions since January 2015. Only hours before the Nice attack, President Hollande had announced that France's state of emergency would be removed later this month. After the attack in Nice he announced it was being extended.

Web address: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36801671

Introduction Analysis:
What: Dozens of people were killed, including children, when a lorry ploughed into a large crowd watching a fireworks display in Nice to mark the Bastille Day holiday.

Who: Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, President Hollande

Where: Nice

Key words: 

Bastille Day法國國慶日
lorry貨車
pistol手槍
replica複製品
assault突擊
rifles步槍
grenade手榴彈
assessing評估
prosecutors檢察官
inquiry查詢