Nice attack: In pictures
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A lorry struck a crowd in the southern French city of Nice killing dozens of people, some of them children.
Armed police approached the cab of the lorry following an exchange of gunfire.
The lorry's windscreen was full of holes from bullets thought to have been fired by security forces, who said they had killed the driver. They said guns and grenades were found inside the vehicle.
Nice had been celebrating France's national day with fireworks when the attack happened.
On the famous Promenade des Anglais, the lorry drove 2km (1.2 miles) through a large crowd.
The emergency services arrived at the scene shortly after. Scores were killed, with many more injured.
French officials asked people to stay indoors.
Witnesses said the speeding lorry swerved and zigzagged in an apparent attempt to hit more people.
French President Francois Hollande made a televised address in which he called the incident a "terrorist attack".
Soldiers have been deployed in Nice. French prosecutors said they had launched a terrorism investigation.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (right) gave reporters in Nice the latest information about the attack
On Friday morning, debris from the night before lay beside the road. Flags in France are flying at half-mast, and Nice's jazz festival has been cancelled.
The BBC's Jon Donnison in Nice says there is an eerie sense of unease and disbelief in the city that jars with the beautiful beachfront surroundings.
Forensic experts and the security services were at work at the scene.
- Published15 July 2016
- Published14 July 2016
- Published15 July 2016
