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Islamic State claims Nice terror strike, calls attacker its ‘soldier’
NICE: The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for the truck massacre in Nice which France said was “a new kind of attack,” as it faced hard questions
Published on: Jul 17, 2016, 09:45:32 IST
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NICE: The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for the truck massacre in Nice which France said was “a new kind of attack,” as it faced hard questions over security failures. In a statement via its Amaq news service, IS said one of its “soldiers” carried out the attack “in response to calls to target nations of coalition states that are fighting [IS]”.
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, ploughed a 19-tonne truck into a crowd that had been watching Bastille Day fireworks, killing 84 and injuring 200 people.
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