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Labour Leadership Candidate Smith Cancels Campaign Launch After Nice Attack

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UK former shadow Secretary of Work and Pensions and Labour party leadership candidate Owen Smith said on Friday, he canceled the launch of his campaign in... 15.07.2016, Sputnik International

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Labour Leadership Candidate Smith Cancels Campaign Launch After Nice Attack

07:58 GMT 15.07.2016

© REUTERS / Eric GaillardFrench police continue their investigation as they work near the heavy truck that ran into a crowd at high speed celebrating the Bastille Day July 14 national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais killing 80 people in Nice, France, July 15, 2016.

French police continue their investigation as they work near the heavy truck that ran into a crowd at high speed celebrating the Bastille Day July 14 national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais killing 80 people in Nice, France, July 15, 2016. - Sputnik International

UK former shadow Secretary of Work and Pensions and Labour party leadership candidate Owen Smith said on Friday, he canceled the launch of his campaign in light of the deadly attack on the French southern city of Nice.

Truck Attack in Nice: What Is Known So Far (PHOTO, VIDEO)

15 July 2016, 06:50 GMT

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Late on Thursday evening, a heavy truck hit a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day in Nice, killing 84 and injuring dozens more.

"In light of the heartbreaking news from Nice, I am cancelling today's campaign launch," Smith wrote on Twitter.

The leadership contest comes after late June rebellion against the sitting leader, Jeremy Corbyn, which saw half of the shadow cabinet resign in protest at what they claimed was Corbyn’s inability to head the main opposition party after Brexit.