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At least 84 people have been killed, including a number of children, after a lorry ploughed through a large crowd celebrating Bastille Day on the seafront in Nice, France.

More than a dozen were critically injured, according to the latest count from the French interior ministry.

The driver of the truck, identified in French media as a 31-year-old local of Tunisian origin, is understood to have been shot dead by police at the scene.

Many hundreds were told to run from the scene by police, and the president of the local region, Christian Estrosi, urged everyone in the city to remain indoors.

Witnesses said the driver hit the crowd at high speed, swerving to hit as many as possible before climbing out of the car and shooting more dead.

Images emerged of the badly damaged truck, its windscreen riddled with bullets. Witnesses say there was an exchange of gunfire between the driver and police.

The attack happened on the Promenade des Anglais at around 10:30pm local time at the end of a firework display in what local officials are treating as serious terror attack.

Anti-terror investigators have taken over the scene which has been cordoned off to the public, and an anti-terror probe has now officially been opened.

A spokesman for France's interior ministry said there is going to be "a very high death toll".

President Francois Hollande rushed back to Paris in the wake of the attack, and announced three security measures, including the extension of France's state of emergency - due to end on 26 July - for a further three months.

"A horror has come down on France again," he said, adding that "the terrorist character [of the the attack] cannot be denied".

Mr Hollande expressed solidarity with the victims of the attack, while sounding a defiant note, saying France would continue its operations in Syria and Iraq.

"After Paris, Nice is now hit," he said. "It is all of France which is under threat of Islamic terrorism.

"It is clear we need to do all we can to fight against terrorism," he said. "France is strong, and France will always be stronger, I assure you."

At least 84 dead after lorry crashes into crowd at Bastille Day celebration in Nice, FranceTerror has again hit the streets of France after a lorry was driven, seemingly deliberately, into a large crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day on the seafront in Nice, France.

Steve Anderson15 July 2016 07:54

The lorry driver has been identified as a 31-year-old French-Tunisian man. 

Here is what we know about him so far: 

Nice attack lorry driver identified by French mediaFrench media have identified the driver in the lorry attack on a Bastille Day crowd in Nice as a 31-year-old French-Tunisian man. The man was shot by police after he deliberately drove at a packed street of spectators, killing at least 84 and wounding many more.

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Steve Anderson15 July 2016 07:59

Italy will boost controls at three road crossings into France and at the Ventimiglia train link between the two countries following the truck attack in nearby Nice, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has said.

"Our security apparatus is at work," Alfano said on his Twitter feed.

Steve Anderson15 July 2016 08:02

People are sharing these messages of solidarity after the third-biggest terror attack on Europe this centuryShock in the aftermath of the major terror attack on Bastille Day in Nice is starting to give way to messages of solidarity, with a huge response on social media to the unfolding events. Many hundreds shared a cartoon by the Le Monde artist Plantu, who depicted a weeping dove of peace in a map of France under the banner "Nice".

Steve Anderson15 July 2016 08:05

Hollande extends French state of emergency over Bastille Day massacrePresident Francois Hollande has addressed the nation in the wake of the lorry attack on a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. Speaking after rushing back to Paris in a news conference a little before 4am local time, Mr Hollande said: "A horror has come down on France again."

Steve Anderson15 July 2016 08:13

French media is reporting that a bomb defusal squad are searching a van parked on a highway near Nice for explosives.

Steve Anderson15 July 2016 12:08

Rihanna has cancelled her concert in Nice, which was due to go ahead on Friday.

"Due to the tragic events...my concert...will not be going ahead as planned," Rihanna wrote on her Instagram page. "Our thoughts are with the victims and their families."

The Nice Jazz Festival, scheduled for Saturday, has also been cancelled. 

Steve Anderson15 July 2016 12:14

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has tweeted about the attack:

Steve Anderson15 July 2016 12:16

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