A Truck Bulldozed Through A Crowd Celebrating French National Day, Killing At Least 80

The attack came 8 months after the brutal Paris attacks that traumatised the world.

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People in the French resort city of Nice were celebrating Bastille Day when a truck loaded with weapons and hand grenades drove onto a sidewalk for more than a mile, bulldozing through the crowd

Photos showing bodies scattered on the ground after the attack

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While officials did not immediately classify the attack as terrorism,
it has been termed as "the worst tragedy in the history of Nice"

This video by a German journalist, Richard Gutjahr, was posted on Twitter. It showed the moment when the truck attacked the crowd:

So far, there have been no claims of responsibility for the attack.

However, the BBC reported that "supporters of the so-called Islamic State (IS) group have been widely cheering the attack online".

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The attack followed brutal Paris attacks from November 2015:

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