The toll in the Nice terror attack has gone up to 84 with four more victims succumbing to their injuries after a truck rammed into a crowd celebrating Bastille day, France’s National Day, late on Thursday.
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President Barack Obama condemned what he said “appears to be a horrific terrorist attack”.
The lorry, which had been loaded with guns and grenades, drove for two kilometres through the crowd.
The suspect died in a shootout with police after mowing down dozens of people with a truck on Nice’s seaside Promenade des Anglais during national Bastille Day revelry Thursday.
“I nearly stepped on a corpse, it was frightful”.
They said: “This evening we would like to ask that the HC family keep the Copelands in your prayers”.
On twitter, Swiss federal police said “at least” one Swiss had been killed.
“It was at that moment that the police were able to stop the terrorist”, he said. “There was carnage on the road”, he said.
French officials have called the attack “an act of terror”.
It is a celebration of everything France holds dear – its secular republic and the values of “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite” (Freedom, Equality, Fraternity). Bodies were being flipped as the truck smashed into the crowd.
“We saw people hit and bits of debris flying around”. “All of a sudden, just people, thousands of people, started running in one direction. I am convinced that, despite all the difficulties, we shall win this fight”.
“He looked nervous. There was a girl under the vehicle, he smashed her”.
She added the message: “As you bury your loved ones this week, please know that there are millions of us sending you love and our deepest sympathy in the face of this unthinkable and devastating tragedy”. The police then moved in and killed the man.
Forensic police were already swarming the promenade as the sun rose over the picturesque bay, which has drawn sun-seekers and the jet-set since the 19th century.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says London will review its security procedures because of the attack in Nice.
Pictures of a young girl with braces or a teenager pulling a amusing face were among those posted.
“The members of the Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to global peace and security”, the 15-nation UN body said in a press statement.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
He also extended the state of emergency in France for another three months after the truck attack in Nice.
“France is afflicted, but she is strong, and she will always be stronger than the fanatics who want to strike her today”, he said.
He also called up army reservists to bolster security services that are stretched to the limit.
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The Belgian capital was also home to numerous attackers who killed 130 people in Paris on November 13.
