France Terror Attack: 80 Killed, 150 Injured After Truck Plough Into Bastile Day Crowd

Nice,France: At least 80 were killed, over 150 wounded when the truck ploughed into crowd while thousands were watching Bastile Day fire works in Nice on Thursday night. French president François Hollande has announced the state of emergency for three months. According to the French media reports, ISIS has claimed responsible for the attack. "The attack was 'undeniably' of a 'terrorist nature'. The state of emergency that was implemented in the awake of the November terror attacks in Paris and was supposed to end on July 26 will be extended by another three months," said President Hollande. The officers identified the truck driver as Nice Matin, a man of Tunisian origin from Nice. His identity papers were found in the cab of the lorry, the French media reported.

The driver, who drove at high speed for over 100 meters (yards) along the famed Promenade des Anglais seafront before hitting the mass of spectators, was shot dead, sub-prefect Sebastien Humbert. Almost exactly eight months ago Islamic State militants killed 130 people in Paris. France was in the state of emergency since then.