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Business News/ Photos / Nice attack: Scores dead as truck plows into Bastille Day revellers

Nice attack: Scores dead as truck plows into Bastille Day revellers

A gunman at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice on Thursday, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more. In pictures

A gunman at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day (or French National Day) in the French Riviera town of Nice on Thursday, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP

1/7A gunman at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day (or French National Day) in the French Riviera town of Nice on Thursday, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP

The attacker, identified by a police source as a 31-year-old Tunisian-born Frenchman, also opened fire before police shot him dead. Valery Hache/AFP

2/7The attacker, identified by a police source as a 31-year-old Tunisian-born Frenchman, also opened fire before police shot him dead. Valery Hache/AFP

The attack, which came eight months and a day after Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers struck Paris, seemed so far to be the work of a lone assailant. There had been no claim of responsibility on Friday morning. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP

3/7The attack, which came eight months and a day after Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers struck Paris, seemed so far to be the work of a lone assailant. There had been no claim of responsibility on Friday morning. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP

Forensics experts evacuate a dead body on the Promenade des Anglais seafront. Boris Horvat/AFP

4/7Forensics experts evacuate a dead body on the Promenade des Anglais seafront. Boris Horvat/AFP

Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve (2nd left) said 18 of the injured were in a critical condition. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP

5/7Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve (2nd left) said 18 of the injured were in a critical condition. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP

Ambulances line up near the scene of the attack. AP

6/7Ambulances line up near the scene of the attack. AP

Parents of victims mourn near the scene of the attack. Luca Bruno/AP

7/7Parents of victims mourn near the scene of the attack. Luca Bruno/AP

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