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Dozens are dead after a lorry drove into crowds celebrating France's national day in Nice.
President Francois Hollande said 84 people were dead including "many" children and 50 "between life and death".
He condemned the attack as a "monstrosity".
Here's what we know so far:
At least 84 people have been killed after a lorry ploughed into crowds gathered for Bastille Day fireworks on the Promenade des Anglais at around 11pm local time . Many more are reportedly injured, including 14 who are in intensive care. The attacker, a 31-year-old Tunisian-born Frenchman named as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, was known to police but not for terrorism offences. Mr Bouhlel purportedly did not show any signs of extremism and was not particularly religious. There are unconfirmed reports French police have made an arrest. At 2pm local time on Friday, Nice airport was evacuated, reportedly after unattended luggage was found. Police killed the driver after gunfire was exchanged. There are reports the 25-tonne truck was travelling at about 50km/h when it hit the people gathered. People ran into the sea to try to escape, AP reports. Witnesses say the driver was "zigzagging", maximising casualties, as he drove for 2km (1.2 miles) through the crowds. Police say the rampage may have been even worse if a member of the public had not jumped into the lorry's cab and wrestled with the driver, The Independent 's France correspondent John Lichfield reports. Twenty-eight German schoolchildren who were on a school trip in Nice are unaccounted for, according to ITV News . The names of some of the victims have emerged. So far two US citizens and a Swiss woman are confirmed dead. Sean Copeland, from Austin, Texas, and his ten-year old son were among those killed. Courtesy of the Copeland Family (Copeland Family) In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attackShow all 30 1 /30In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A man reacts near bouquets of flowers near the scene where a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores and injuring more who were celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A woman arrives with a toy and a bouquet of flowers as people pay tribute near the scene where a truck ran into a crowd in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A woman reacts as she places flowers in front of the memorial set on the 'Promenade des Anglais' where the truck crashed into the crowd during the Bastille Day celebrations in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack People gather to view the floral tributes near the site of the truck attack in the French resort city of Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A man reacts near bouquets of flowers as people pay tribute near the scene where a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores and injuring more who were celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday, in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Floral tributes are laid out near the site of the truck attack in the French resort city of Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A child's toy is placed among the floral tributes laid out near the site of the truck attack in the French resort city of Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Investigators continue at the scene near the heavy truck that ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores who were celebrating the Bastille Day in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Crime scene investigators work on the 'Promenade des Anglais' after the truck crashed into the crowd during the Bastille Day celebrations in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A forensic expert examines dead bodies covered with a blue sheet on the Promenade des Anglais seafront in the French Riviera city of Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A forensic expert evacuates a dead body on the Promenade des Anglais seafront in the French Riviera city of Nice, after a gunman smashed a truck into a crowd of revellers celebrating Bastille Day
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A man reacts as he sits near a French flag along the beachfront the day after a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores celebrating the Bastille Day in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Discarded items are left on the beach, not far from the site of the truck attack in the French resort city of Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Bullet holes in the windscreen of the lorry that was driven into the crowd at high speed
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A man walks through debris on the street in Nice, France, the morning after a lorry ran into a crowd, killing at least 84 and injuring 50
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Rescue workers help an injured woman to get in a ambulance
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Authorities investigate a truck after it plowed through Bastille Day revelers in the French resort city of Nice, France
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Celebrations of Bastille Day were targeted by the lorry driver
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack People cross the street with their hands on thier heads as a French soldier secures the area after at least 84 people were killed along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A paramedic attends one of the dozens of people injured in the Nice Bastille Day attack
In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Soldiers march on street where the lorry crashed into the crowd
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A man sits next to a body seen on the ground after at least 84 people were killed in Nice, when a truck ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Bodies are seen on the ground after at least 84 people were killed in Nice, when a truck ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Children were among the 84 killed in the atrocity, with around 50 more hospitalised
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (2nd L) speaks to the media in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack A man walks with his hands up as police officers carry out checks on people in the centre of French Riviera town of Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack With injured people laying in the street police and onlookers react near to a truck in Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Police officers, firefighters and rescue workers are seen at the site of the attack
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Police officers speak with a soldier after a truck that ploughed into a crowd leaving a fireworks display in the French Riviera town of Nice
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In pictures: Bastille Day Nice attack Police shine a light into the cab as they approach the driver's cab of a truck, in Nice
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Mr Estrosi, Nice's president, said security cameras had captured the moment the attacker boarded the lorry "in the hills of Nice". He added such massacres are not planned alone and he expected the "chain of complicity" be uncovered. The national state of emergency, declared following November's Paris attacks in which 130 people were killed, was due to expire on 26 July but will now be extended by three months. Hospitals in the city have appealed for blood donations. Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said one Briton is known to be injured after the massacre. London Mayor, Sadiq Khan , said London will review its security procedures following the atrocity. Mr Hollande has announced increased security measures, including calling up "operational reserves" to help police, particularly at borders, AP reports. France's prosecutor Francois Mollins has taken over the investigation into the attack and will hold a press conference at 5pm local time. Follow The Independent 's live blog for the latest updates
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