People pass French flags lowered at half-mast in Nice on July 16, 2016, following the deadly Bastille Day attack. (VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
The Islamic State has released an official statement via its Amaq News agency regarding the July 14, Bastille Day terrorist attack in Nice, France, carried out by Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel. Police have identified Bouhlel as responsible for murdering up to 84 people by ramming into them with a truck and shooting at them at a Bastille Day celebration.
The 31-year-old French-Tunisian attacker told police he was delivering ice cream in order to get on the promenade, which was closed to traffic for the celebration, The Daily Mail reports.
ISIS released a statement about the attack this morning citing an “insider source.” Read it below:
The attack followed the orders of a previous video purportedly released by the Islamic State, in which it told its jihadists in France who could not make it to Iraq or Syria to use cars or trucks as weapons. See screenshots of that video here.
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S.J. Prince is a New York-based actor/writer/producer. Follow him on Twitter @thesamprince or check out his real-time news novel A Quiet War at aquietwar.com.July 16, 2016 12:28 pm
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