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The news is about a terrorist attack on Nice France where 84 people where dead as reported during the Bastille celebration
Nice attack: At least 84 killed during Bastille Day celebrations
At least 84 people have died, including children, after a lorry slammed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice.
The driver ploughed on for 2km (1.2 miles) on the Promenade des Anglais at about 23:00 local time, before being shot dead by police.
Witnesses say the speeding lorry swerved and zigzagged in an apparent attempt to hit more people.
Police reportedly found guns and grenades inside the lorry.
President Francois Hollande said the attack was of "an undeniable terrorist nature".
Prime Minister Manuel Valls has declared three days of national mourning for the victims from Saturday.
Warning: This story contains images some people may find distressing
A state of emergency, in place since November's Paris attacks carried out by militant from the Islamic State group, in which 130 people died, has been extended by three months.
The attack in Nice began shortly after the end of a firework display on the seafront for Bastille Day, which is the country's national holiday.
What witnesses saw
"I heard lots of screams and everybody was running in different directions. I didn't know what was going on, it felt surreal and I didn't move but thought it must be some kind of practical joke.
"Then I saw the truck coming straight at me swerving all over the place. It was perhaps 50 yards away. After that there was no conscious thought, my body took over, time slowed down and I ran and thank God I got out of the way," said Pouya, from Toronto
Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice resident, said:"It zigzagged - you had no idea where it was going. My wife... a metre away... she was dead. The lorry ripped through everything... poles, trees. We have never seen anything like it. Some people were hanging on the door and tried to stop it."
Nader el-Shafei told the BBC he saw the driver face-to-face for about a minute: "He was very nervous… looking for something around him, I kept yelling at him and waving my hands to stop... he picked up his gun and started to shoot police."
Afterwards he said he ran towards the beach with others, fearing the driver, who has then shot by police, would detonate the lorry.
- Read more: Witnesses describe terror
Once again France is waking up to mass murder on its streets and a profound sense of shock. Police have cordoned off much of the Promenade des Anglais. There is an eerie sense of unease and disbelief that jars with the beautiful beachfront surroundings.
The white truck used to carry out the attack still sits on the road, its windscreen riddled with bullet holes from when police finally managed to kill the driver. This was not a high-tech attack but the brutality and the banality of the method make it all the more terrifying.
Response at the scene
A white lorry, the front of which was riddled with bullet holes, continued to be examined by police in Nice on Friday morning.
About 50 people were injured, 18 critically.
Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, told local media that about 10 children were among those killed.
Fondation Lenval, the children's hospital in Nice, says it has treated some 50 children and adolescents, including two who died during or after surgery, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Its spokesperson Stephanie Simpson is quoted as saying the injuries included fractures and head injuries.
This is not the first time in recent years that someone has deliberately driven a truck into pedestrians on a French street. But the scale, speed and death toll from this apparent attack are unprecedented.
It follows an earlier call by so-called Islamic State (IS) spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani for IS followers to do exactly what this truck driver did. This, and other calls for attacks in Europe, are partly in response to the significant losses being experienced by IS to the shrinking territory it controls in Syria and Iraq.
US-led airstrikes, including by French warplanes, are taking a particularly heavy toll there. At home, France has become the number one target of opportunity for IS and its supporters, unperturbed by the national state of emergency that has just been extended.
No group has so far said it was behind the attack.
The identity papers of a 31-year-old French-Tunisian were reportedly found in the truck.
He has been named by local media as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, although not by police.
He lived in Nice and had been in trouble with the police in the past for petty crime, but he was not on the watch list of radicalised young men.
- Read more: Who was the Nice attacker?
Mr Hollande addressed the nation in the early hours of Friday saying France had been "badly hit" but was strong, adding "we need to do everything we can to fight against" such attacks.
"All of France is under the threat of Islamic terrorism," he said.
The president added that "operational reserves" would be deployed to support the army and security forces across the country, with particular focus on the borders.
Mr Valls said later that the goal of terrorists was to "instil fear and panic".
"But France is a great country and a great democracy that will not allow itself to be destabilised," he said.
US President Barack Obama condemned "in the strongest terms" what he said appeared to be "a horrific terrorist attack in Nice".
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he was "shocked and saddened by the appalling events in Nice, and the terrible loss of life".
Nice's jazz festival has been cancelled and the southern city of Marseille has announced it is cancelling a fireworks show planned to take place on Friday evening.
The hashtag #PrayForNice it trending worldwide and in France #NousSommesUnis (we are united) is also trending.
- June 2016 - man claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State kills two police officials in Magnanville, near Paris
- November 2015 - multiple attacks on Paris by seven gunmen and suicide bombers kill 130 people and injure more than 350 in the deadliest terror attack in French history
- June 2015 - man with suspected links to Islamist radicals decapitates his boss after ramming his car into an area containing flammable liquids at factory in Lyon
- January 2015 - three days of attacks by gunmen in Paris leave 17 people dead, starting with an attack on the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and ending in two sieges
- March 2012 - a gunman kills seven in Toulouse and Montauban, including a teacher and three children at a Jewish school
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World leaders condemn Nice attack
There has been widespread international condemnation following the attack in Nice which left scores dead.
At a ASEM summit in Mongolia, European and Asian leaders held a minutes silence. EU Council President Donald Tusk said Europe stood united with France.
“It’s a tragic paradox that the subject of this attack were people celebrating liberty, equality and fraternity. Today we all, Europe and Asia, stand united with the French people and their government. We condemn this tragedy and keep our fight against extreme violence and hatred.”
Also attending the ASEM summit, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany stood united with France.
“What counts on this day is solidarity. The solidarity of all the German people with our friends in France. The solidarity of all the countries assembled here in the fight against terrorism. Germany stands side by side with France and others in the fight against terrorism and I’m very much convinced that – despite all these difficulties – we will prevail,” the Chancellor said.
Issuing a statement via social media, President Barack Obama condemned the attack in the strongest terms and said the American people’s thoughts and prayers were with the victims families.
“The Australian government is deeply shocked by this latest horrific attack and we condemn what appears to be a terrorist attack that took place on Bastille Day in Nice… Australians should continue to go about their business, but they should be mindful of the travel advice. We have reissued the travel advice, we have obviously included reference to this incident. We call on Australians to exercise a high degree of caution in France,” Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.
The United Nations Security Council also joined the international condemnation following the events in Nice, describing the attack as ‘‘barbaric and cowardly’‘.
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