A man filmed on CCTV placing a backpack in the street remains at large, last seen heading on foot towards Beausoleil. The cross-border nature of the suspect’s flight requires coordination between Monégasque and French authorities.
The blast occurred at approximately 9:00 PM local time on rue RĂ©vĂ©rend-Père-Louis-Frolla, a residential street that runs along Monaco’s border with France. Emergency response teams, including 14 firefighters and 5 specialized vehicles from the neighboring French department of Alpes-Maritimes, quickly mobilized to secure the area.
Monaco’s police force, the Sûreté Publique, reviewed closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from the area. The video captured an unidentified man dropping off a backpack in the street before walking away. Moments later, multiple individuals entered the immediate vicinity, and the device inside the bag detonated.
Speaking to LibĂ©ration, an eyewitness said he saw “two people seriously injured and being evacuated on stretchers” after an “explosion inside a house.” Another witness at the scene described a “carnage, but the extent of the damage is not yet known.”
Fourteen firefighters and five specialist vehicles from the Alpes-Maritimes were mobilised as reinforcements. Nice mayor Eric Ciotti and Alpes-Maritimes prefect Charles-Ange Ginésy both issued statements of solidarity.
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