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Nice - Bastille day **mod warning post 1**

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  • 14-07-2016 10:37pm
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    Berserker
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    Anyone else watching the news from Nice? Some lunatic drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille day. Several people are dead, according to various media sources.

    mod: I've had to remove a video showing terrible things. Please don't post anything like that. Consider the fact that people are not prepared to deal with videos of the results of an attack.


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    bilston
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    Berserker wrote: »
    Anyone else watching the news from Nice? Some lunatic drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille day. Several people are dead, according to various media sources.

    Sky reporting a senior official in Nice talking about "dozens dead".

    Also qualifying that by saying it is early days in terms of whether it is deliberate or not.

    Horrific


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    bilston
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    Berserker wrote: »
    Anyone else watching the news from Nice? Some lunatic drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille day. Several people are dead, according to various media sources.

    Sky reporting a senior official in Nice talking about "dozens dead".

    Also qualifying that by saying it is early days.

    Horrific


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    BobbyPropane
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    30 - 50 dead


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    Berserker
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    BobbyPropane wrote: »
    30 - 50 dead

    Shocking stuff.


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    GLaDOS
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    https://www.rt.com/news/351086-panic-nice-france-crowd/

    RT saying "unconfirmed reports of gunfire"

    Hopefully not...

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #7
    refusetolose
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    cops gun fighting with dudes in truck


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    philstar
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    looks like french security droped their guard after the euros's


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    bilston
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    Picture on Sky News of a lorry riddled with bullets which suggests police were trying to stop the vehicle.


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    BobbyPropane
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    Shooters are hold up in a local restaurant.


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    bilston
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    French TV says at least 30 killed.

    Jaysus


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    skywanderer
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    Coming to a neighborhood near you soon, if you watched Prime Time tonight it made for shocking viewing.


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    alchemist33
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    My first thought was that it might have been like the "accident" in Glasgow a couple of years ago, but apparently not. Shocking stuff


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    TallGlass
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    Hopefully, an isolated incident.


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    Berserker
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    skywanderer wrote: »
    Coming to a neighborhood near you soon, if you watched Prime Time tonight it made for shocking viewing.

    Missed it, can you elaborate? ISIS have claimed responsibility. What is it about France that they hate so much?


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    skywanderer
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    TallGlass wrote: »
    Hopefully, an isolated incident.

    A daily occurrence unfortunately.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamist_terrorist_attacks#2016


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    Strumms
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    Shocking... Nice is like a home away from home for me and have a good few friends down there... thankfully all coming back as ok thankfully but still..... the world is just such a crap ****ed up place these days...


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    TallGlass
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    Berserker wrote: »
    Missed it, can you elaborate? ISIS have claimed responsibility. What is it about France that they hate so much?

    Seem to be heavily integrated into there society.


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    Beefy78
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    Jesus. Some horrible photos on social media. Nice is one of my favourite places in the World, I was only there a week ago. Urgh.


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    failinis
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    BBC version http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36800730
    A lorry has struck a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in the southern French city of Nice, media reports and witnesses say.
    The incident took place on the Promenade des Anglais during a firework display, the reports said.
    One image on Twitter showed about a dozen people lying on the street, some being tended to.
    The local prefecture has urged people in the area to remain indoors, calling the incident "an attack".
    Some reports spoke of shots being exchanged between police and the occupants of the lorry but these have not been confirmed.
    Social media video showed people running through the streets in panic following the incident.
    A journalist with the Nice Matin newspaper reported from the scene that there was "a lot of blood and without doubt many injured".
    An Agence France-Presse reporter said the incident took place as the firework display was ending, adding: "We saw people hit and bits of debris flying around."
    Another image on Twitter showed a white lorry stopped in the middle of the promenade with damage to its front, and four police officers observing it while taking cover behind a palm tree.


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    Strumms
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    BobbyPropane wrote: »
    Shooters are hold up in a local restaurant.

    source ?


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    Lady is a tramp
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    Fuuuuck just popped up on my phone (Independent app). At least 30 killed, and local news is reporting that it's being treated as an attack.

    With those numbers involved, I'm guessing it was an attack alright rather than an accident, however I wouldn't give much credit to ISIS claiming responsibility for it. They tend to claim all major tragedies!


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    BobbyPropane
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    Strumms wrote: »
    source ?

    Journalist on twitter:

    https://twitter.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/753706633805586432


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    RobertKK
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    CNN showing a picture of a lot of people lying on the ground, it put a chill down my spine.

    The poor French people.


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    BobbyPropane
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    BobbyPropane wrote: »
    Journalist on twitter:

    https://twitter.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/753706633805586432

    Sorry ignore that, realised there it's that right wing EDL fella..... apologies


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    YFlyer
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    Berserker wrote: »
    Missed it, can you elaborate? ISISthave claimed responsibility. What is it about France that they hate so much?

    RTE plus 1 on now


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    speedboatchase
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    BobbyPropane wrote: »
    Journalist on twitter:

    https://twitter.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/753706633805586432

    Tommy Robinson is the far-right former leader of the English Defence League. I'd take his tweets with a pinch of salt for now.


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    skywanderer
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    Berserker wrote: »
    Missed it, can you elaborate? ISIS have claimed responsibility. What is it about France that they hate so much?

    It has nothing to do with France, rather to do with Islamic Demographics and once their population goes above 10% and higher terrorism and trouble are regular occurrences. France has the largest population of Muslims in Europe. France has lax security plus a huge demograph of self-hating liberal SJW who brand any objection to immigration or terrorism to be Racist. This is a problem of Frances own making; the chickens have come home to roost for the French with their ultra-left wing social policies.


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    RobertKK
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    Lady is a tramp wrote: »
    Fuuuuck just popped up on my phone (Independent app). At least 30 killed, and local news is reporting that it's being treated as an attack.

    With those numbers involved, I'm guessing it was an attack alright rather than an accident, however I wouldn't give much credit to ISIS claiming responsibility for it. They tend to claim all major tragedies!


    Same I was planning on some light entertainment and then on the Independent app the news popped up.

    We are all at one with the French nation, hope we can do more to stop these senseless attacks on innocents.

    10s of people killed, hundred injured.


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    The_Valeyard
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    ****ing hell. This is horrible.


    RIP to all the victims. Such a beautiful place, only recently there. This is shocking. Wonderful locals and great atmosphere during the euros.


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    Shane St.
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    awful news :(


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