Truck attack on Nice

The identity of the man is not yet known, but AFP news agency reported the identity papers of a 31-year-old French-Tunisian were found in the truck, citing an unnamed police source.

That’s from the BBC story about the tractor-trailer attack which left dozens dead and many more injured in the seaside city of Nice in France on Thursday.

Apparently the Nice flics knew of the driver as a criminal; French intelligence sources did not have him on any terrorist watch list.

It is obviously a terrorist act, but it’s not clear that its author was connected to any Islamic group, which is what most American commentators and politicians automatically think whenever one of these events takes place. “Engage brain before opening mouth” is something they should practice, but they rarely do.

I’ll wait and see. Whoever committed this, it was horrific.