PARIS: A minute’s silence might be noticed earlier than the World Cup semi-final between France and Spain, in tribute to the victims of the Nice attack of July 14, 2016, French President Emmanuel Macron introduced on Monday (Jul 13).
The 2 sides meet on Tuesday in Dallas on the tenth anniversary of the assault which noticed 86 folks killed and greater than 400 injured when a truck driver ploughed into crowds leaving a Bastille Day fireworks show within the southern French metropolis.
“Earlier than France-Spain, a minute of silence might be noticed in tribute to the victims of the Good assault, ten years after July 14, 2016,” Macron stated in a submit on X earlier than occurring to thank FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
“Thanks to the President of FIFA for responding to the request of France and of all French individuals who have mobilised. We’ll always remember.”
The Islamic State jihadist group claimed the attacker, a 31-year-old radicalised Tunisian man named Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel as certainly one of its followers, after police shot him useless on the scene.
The assault got here after the nation’s worst-ever peacetime assaults in and round Paris on November 13, 2015, which killed 130 folks.
