A resident of Nice spoke about an attempt to prevent a terrorist attack

Two residents of Nice attempted to stop the truck, which the terrorist Muhamed Lauayzh Bolel directed on July 14 on vacationers walking along the embankment, reports AFP .

One of the eyewitnesses named Alexander told reporters that on the day of the tragedy, he returned by bicycle to his house on the embankment. “Suddenly I saw people running in a panic and a truck that crushed them. I threw a bicycle and jumped on the footboard of the truck, without even thinking about how dangerous it is, ”the agency quoted the interlocutor. When the man tried to open the door of the truck, the terrorist who was driving directed the gun at him. “He aimed and I had to jump,” said Alexander.

According to him, after him, a certain person also tried to jump on the footboard of the truck, but fell and fell under the wheels. The agency does not reveal his name.

On the night of July 14 to July 15, 84 people were killed as a result of the attack and about a hundred were injured. The truck driver at full speed shot down people on the embankment. The car drove about two kilometers before the driver was shot by police. In the cab of the truck, weapons and grenades were found.