BEIRUT, Lebanon—The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the truck attack that killed 84 people in Nice on France’s national holiday, the jihadist organization said Saturday in its official radio bulletin. The statement from Al-Bayan said an IS “soldier” carried out a “new, special operation using a truck” to cause Thursday’s carnage. At least 10 children were among the dead and 50 more were wounded, some of them critically, a hospital official said. IS also claimed responsibility for the November 13 attacks in Paris which killed 130 people. Al-Bayan warned that Western countries “will not be spared from the blows of the mujahideen” no matter how much they increase their security measures.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 16, 2016 10:18 UTC