Nice: The truck drove into the crowd. Authorities: it was a terrorist attack – TVN24

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the attack occurred Thursday night during the local celebration of national holiday Bastille Day. Speeding vehicle then drove into the crowd of people watching a fireworks display on the Promenade des Anglais (English Promenade). On-site panic.

– truck drove into the crowd from a distance, hence the large number of victims – said Sebastien Humbert, prefect of the Alpes-Maritime region. He added that the driver of the vehicle was shot.

According to the Prefecture in Nice was probably not an accident, a terrorist attack. Service urge residents and tourists to stay in their homes or other safe places.

French television BMF TV also reports of gunshots, which were to be heard in the area. They were probably aimed at the bomber.

On Thursday – before the attack – French President Francois Hollande announced the end of a state of emergency, which was extended since the attacks in Paris, which took place in November last year.

Author: ts / PAP, Reuters

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