15 July,2016 12:30 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
A video has emerged of people running for their lives as a large truck mowed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France. French President Francois Hollande said the truck attack was of a 'terrorist character'
A video has emerged of people running for their lives as a large truck mowed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France. French President Francois Hollande said the truck attack was of a 'terrorist character'.
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Over 80 people died in the incident, according to reports. The driver shot into the crowd and then drove for 2 km along the pavement of the Boulevard des Anglais, the main street in Nice, mowing down people who had gathered to watch fireworks.
Police shot and killed the driver. Police found firearms, explosives and grenades in the truck. The driver is suspected to be 31-year-old man of Tunisian origin. The identity papers of a French-Tunisian was found in Nice truck.
According to reports, gunmen exchanged shots with police before plowing into the crowd of revelers. Footage captured by terrified bystanders fleeing from the scene has captured the sound of several gunshots being fired.
