Darkness on the Cote d'Azur

In France, a three -day nationwide mourning has been declared in memory of the victims of the attack in Nice, reports Le Monde. France President Francois Hollande, in contact with the nation, said that the terrorist nature of the attack cannot be denied.

Hollande and Prime Minister of the Republic of Manuel Valsa arrived in Nice, where they will hold a meeting. Earlier in the afternoon they took part in a meeting of the Defense Council in the Champs Elysees. According to its results, the upcoming extension of the state of emergency in France was announced for another three months.

US President Barack Obama ordered on Friday to drop state flags on the White House and government institutions to honor the memory of the victims of the attack. President of Russia Vladimir Putin made condolences.

The personality of the police terrorist managed to establish quickly enough-on fingerprints and a truck left in the truck salon in the name of the 31-year-old resident of Nice with double Franco-Marcanic citizenship of Mohamed Lauayzha Buleel.

He is a native of Tunisia, the father of a 3-year-old child, according to the French media. The man worked as a driver in the courier service. He had drives to the police, including due to the manifestation of violence, but he was not suspected of extremism. His name did not appear among the dossier with the stamp "S", which in France marry the affairs of potential terrorists and their accomplices. The police have reason to argue that the actions of the Bulela were planned in advance. This is indicated by the fact that the truck on which the attack was made, he leased in one of the communes near Nice a few days before the tragic events. A search was in the house of Bulela. His ex -wife was detained. The police continue to search for possible accomplices.

On Thursday evening in Nice, the truck drove at high speed into the crowd of people who celebrated the day of the capture of the Bastille on the English embankment. According to eyewitnesses, the car managed to drive around the crowd about two kilometers before the police shot his driver.

It was reported that one of the eyewitnesses jumped onto the truck and tried to stop him. He did not succeed, but the batel was forced to slow down. After that, the criminal was shot by a woman-police woman.

As a result of the actions of the criminal, 84 people were killed, including the deputy head of the city police. 202 injured during the attack were delivered to the city hospitals. 52 of them are in critical condition, another 25 are in intensive care rooms.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, during the terrorist attack in Nice, Russians Viktoria Savchenko and Natalya Otto were killed. Two more compatriots are currently missing. Russian citizens Polina Serebryannikova and Galina Sokolova with injuries are in the hospitals of Monaco and Nice.