Mayor of Nice: Truck attack 'worst catastrophe our region has seen in modern history'

During a press conference, Christian Estrosi, the president of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region and Mayor of Nice, said the truck attack that killed at least 84 people during Bastille Day celebrations is the "worst catastrophe" the area has seen in "modern history."

Estrosi said a "high figure of the police forces" were killed in the attack, and the city is mobilizing "all of our services, all the psychologists, volunteers who are trained to help fellow human beings," The Guardian reports. He said officials will work with "the imams, priests, and rabbis who will also join us to help the victims and families who are suffering and will probably never heal their wounds," and thanked people who "welcomed passerby and those people who show us tonight that hopefully solidarity still exists in a world that is too egotistical and individualistic."

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