Terror attack in Nice

Synopsis

A truck driver kills at least 70 people in Nice, a city on the French Riviera, during a Bastide fireworks display along the Promenade des Anglais. The attack injures another 100 individuals, with victims spread over two kilometers of the seafront. The driver, who is shot and killed by police, had loaded the truck with grenades and guns. French President François Hollande is flown back to Paris for crisis meetings following the incident. Witnesses report that the driver acted deliberately, driving onto the pavement to target the crowd. U.S. President Barack Obama describes the event as a horrific terrorist attack, occurring just eight months after Isis militants killed 130 people in Paris, highlighting the ongoing threat of terrorism in France.