Dozens of people have been killed and many more were injured after a truck plowed into a crowd in Nice, France during Bastille Day celebrations.
“There are people in blood, probably full of wounded,” a reporter for the Nice Matin newspaper said.
Witnesses reported that the truck that drove into the crowd was watching the fireworks celebration of Bastille Day. Photos emerged on social media showing injured people lying on the ground en masse.
Le camion qui a foncé sur la foule pic.twitter.com/h4QuBabJMx
— Nice-Matin (@Nice_Matin) July 14, 2016
President of the Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur region Christian Estrosi said on Twitter that “dozens” of people were been killed in the incident.
Local media has dubbed the incident an act of terror, reporting at least 50 fatalities. No official confirmation has been released so far.
WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS
Horrible pictures coming in from #Nice #France reports suggest firefight btwn driver and sec forces after the attack pic.twitter.com/jaYb93wv2D
— Tonton du Bled (@NextDoorArab) July 14, 2016
#attentat l horreur à Nice pic.twitter.com/uOCcHBBVc1
— MLCECO (@MLCeco) July 14, 2016
Mouvement de panique !! #Nice pic.twitter.com/RgXar3fWZs
— HARP DETECTIVES (@harp_detectives) July 14, 2016
jss dans nice y'a des mouvements de foule de mutant on sait pas pk pic.twitter.com/ByXnaig0Qk
— yannick (@yvnnick) July 14, 2016
Der Moment, wenn sich vor deinen Augen ein Terroranschlag ereignet. Und nein, jetzt kein Periscope-Livestream #Nizza pic.twitter.com/xBtjEeXcYh
— Richard Gutjahr (@gutjahr) July 14, 2016
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