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At least 84 dead after truck ploughs into crowds in Nice (video)
At least 84 people, including children, have died and scores have been injured after a truck crashed into a crowd of people in the south of France.
A further 18 people are seriously injured and many others hurt.
Witnesses described how the driver of the articulated lorry sped along a promenade packed with spectators leaving a fireworks display marking France’s national holiday.
Francois Hollande, the country’s president, said the killings were a terrorist act and extended the state of emergency for a further three months, Euronews reports.
The driver of the lorry was shot dead, BBC reports citing French media report.
According to reports he was 31 and known to police. The city authorities have urged people to stay at home.
