The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the truck attack in Nice, France, that left 84 people dead, according to ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency.
“The person who carried out the operation in Nice, France, to run down people was one of the soldiers of Islamic State,” Amaq said via its Telegram account.
“He carried out the operation in response to calls to target nationals of states that are part of the coalition fighting Islamic State.”
Earlier, French authorities had said they were unaware of any links between the attack suspect, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, and terror groups, but his actions had been in line with extremists’ calls for lone-wolf attacks on Europe and the US.
"He is a terrorist, probably linked to radical Islam one way or another," Prime Minister Manuel Valls told France 2 television on Friday. "Yes, it is a terrorist act and we shall see what links there are with terrorist organizations."
“This sort of thing fits perfectly with calls for murder from such terrorist organizations,” prosecutor Francois Molins also said.
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