NICE, France: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Saturday for the truck massacre in Nice which France said was "a new kind of attack," as it faced hard questions over security failures.

In a statement via its Amaq news service, IS said one of its "soldiers" carried out Thursday night's attack "in response to calls to target nations of coalition states that are fighting (IS)."

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