A minute's silence will be observed before the World Cup semifinal between France and Spain, in tribute to the victims of the Nice attack of July 14, 2016, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday.
The two sides meet on Tuesday in Dallas on the tenth anniversary of the attack which saw 86 people killed and more than 400 injured when a truck driver ploughed into crowds leaving a Bastille Day fireworks display in the southern French city.
"Before France-Spain, a minute of silence will be observed in tribute to the victims of the Nice attack, ten years after July 14, 2016," Macron said in a post on X before going on to thank FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
Avant France-Espagne, une minute de silence sera observée en hommage aux victimes de l’attentat de Nice, dix ans après le 14 juillet 2016.
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) July 13, 2026
Merci au Président de la FIFA d’avoir répondu à la demande de la France et de tous les Français mobilisés.
Nous n’oublierons jamais.
"Thank you to the President of Fifa for responding to the request of France and of all French people who have mobilised. We will never forget."
The Islamic State jihadist group claimed the attacker, a 31-year-old radicalised Tunisian man named Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, as one of its followers, after police shot him dead at the scene.
The attack came after the country's worst-ever peacetime assaults in and around Paris on 13 November, 2015, which killed 130 people.
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