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Three days of Mourning begin in France

Three days of mourning are underway in France after 84 people were killed in a terror attack in Nice...
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8:56 AM - 16 Jul 2016



Three days of Mourning begin i...

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Three days of Mourning begin in France

TodayFM
TodayFM

8:56 AM - 16 Jul 2016



Three days of mourning are underway in France after 84 people were killed in a terror attack in Nice on Thursday night.

52 people are in a critical condition, a Galway man is said to be one of those injured, after a man drove a lorry at a huge crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day.

The suspect, 31-year-old French-Tunisian Mohamed Bouhlel, was shot dead by police.

Authorities are now trying to work out if he was acting alone.

Holidaymakers have paid their respects to the victims at a makeshift memorial near the scene of attack.

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Those who were caught up in the atrocity have been talking about the experience. Adriana Izzo-Ortolano says her boyfriend probably saved her life.

 Here at home, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, said Ireland is not immune to an attack:



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