NICE, France (AP) – The Latest on a truck that drove into the crowd in Nice (all times local):
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker released this statement:
“We are heartbroken by the senseless terror attack in Nice that took the lives of so many innocent people,” said Corker. “The United States mourns with the people of France and joins them in solidarity to confront the evil responsible for this attack. Working with the French and our other foreign partners, we must do all we can to protect our citizens from the threat of terrorism.”
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France, hit with two waves of attacks last year that killed 147 people, has long known it is a top target for the Islamic State group. In September 2014, then-spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani referred to “the filthy French” in a statement telling Muslims within the country to attack them in any way they could, including “crush them with your car.”