A man with a large knife or machete was arrested at a vigil for the victims of the Nice, France, terrorist attack on Friday.
BuzzFeed News reporter Ryan Broderick said on Twitter that a crowd screamed at the man as he was placed in a police car. He said witnesses said the man was carrying a large blade.
At least 84 people, including children, have died in the attack in the southern city of France. The attacker drove as far as a mile, while hitting people on the sidewalk.
Crowd screamed at him as he was put in police car pic.twitter.com/fR0oe2mrPA
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) July 15, 2016
Members of the #NiceAttack crowd were crying. News crews chased cop car down the street. pic.twitter.com/NHCyi5SsUq
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) July 15, 2016
Eye witnesses say he had a “large knife”. One described it as a “machete”. Said he was trying to attack people.
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) July 15, 2016
Officials say that more than 200 people were injured, many critically.
The 31-year-old driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, was shot by police. Bouhlel had been detained in March and convicted of voluntary violence with a weapon, The Associated Press reported. It’s unclear if Bouhlel, originally from Tunisia, had ties to terrorist groups.
