France has been on maximum security alert for most of the past 18
months, hit by multiple terrorist attacks that have left nearly 230 people dead
and hundreds injured.
President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency after the
assault on Paris last
November, the deadliest in France’s modern history.
That gives security and legal forces extra rights to conduct investigations and
arrest suspects. Hollande said early Friday the order -- which was due to end
on July 26 -- will be extended for another three months after the attack late
Thursday in Nice.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said in parliament that security
services have foiled several attacks since January 2015, when two brothers
killed 11 journalists in the newsroom of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper
based in Paris. Here is a brief timeline of the recent attacks on France:
14 July 2016
--a man drives a truck into
a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing at least 80 people and
injuring hundreds. He is shot and killed by police.
13 June 2016
--a knife-wielding
man kills two police officers in Yvelines,
west of Paris. The man is shot dead by police.
13 November 2015
--multiple attacks in and near Paris leave 130 dead, including at
the concert hall.
21 August 2015
--a man carrying a rifle attacks passengers on
the Thalys high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris, injuring three. He is
overpowered by passengers.
26 June 2015
--a man is beheaded at
an industrial plant near Lyon, with two others injured. Arabic inscriptions
were found at the scene.
3 February 2015
--a man attacks soldiers protecting a Jewish community center in Nice.
Several soldiers were stabbed but no one was killed.
7-9 January 2015
--multiple attacks in Paris leave 17 dead, including at the Charlie
Hebdo satirical newspaper and at a kosher store near Paris.
Source: www.bloomberg.com
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