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A double bomb attack took place in the city of Nice, France on 20 July 2003. Sixteen people were injured in the blasts against the regional directorates of customs and the treasury. [1] The Corsican separatist National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) claimed responsibility, and was one of the biggest bombs exploded by the group on the French ...
[1] [2] [3] On December 19 of the same year, two firebombs exploded in a hostel for North African immigrant workers in Cagnes-sur-Mer, a suburb of Nice. In the subsequent panic as tenants evacuated, a third bomb exploded near one of the building's exits. [4] The attack injured twelve people and killed one.
Nice (/ n iː s / NEESS; French pronunciation: ⓘ; Italian: Nizza; Ligurian: Nissa; Occitan: Niça) [a] is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million [4] [3] on an area of 744 km 2 (287 sq mi). [3]
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The arrondissement of Nice is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 101 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 530,694 (2021), and its area is 3,067.4 km 2 (1,184.3 sq mi).
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Nuclear bomb designed to fit inside a suitcase. 1950s Thermometric bomb: Also called a vacuum bomb, or aerosol bomb, this explosive disperses a cloud of gas or liquid. Time bomb: A bomb that is triggered by the timer. Trinitrotoluene: Commonly known as TNT. 1863 Julius Wilbrand: Germany: Unguided bomb: An air-craft dropped bomb that lacks a ...
[40] [55] [56] The entire attack took place over a distance of 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi), between numbers 11 and 147 of the Promenade des Anglais, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and creating high levels of panic in the crowds. [57] Some were injured as a result of jumping onto the pebbled beach several metres below the Promenade. [58]