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France: Several people killed in terror attack

A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 80 in what President Francois Hollande on Friday called a "terrorist" attack on revellers watching a Bastille Day fireworks display. (Getty Images)

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The driver was shot dead after barrelling the truck two kilometres (1.3 miles) through the festive crowd on the palm-lined Promenade des Anglais, sending hundreds fleeing in terror and leaving the area strewn with bodies. (Getty Images)

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Authorities said they found identity papers belonging to a 31-year-old French-Tunisian citizen in the truck, as well as "guns" and "larger weapons". (Getty Images)

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The attack was of an "undeniable terrorist nature," a sombre Hollande said in a televised national address, confirming that "several children" were among the dead as families came together to celebrate France's national day. (Getty Images)

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The bloodshed came on Bastille Day, a celebration of everything France holds dear, its secular republic and the values of "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite" (Freedom, Equality, Fraternity). (Getty Images)

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The attacker struck after a day of military pomp and ceremony in Paris -- where armed forces, tanks and fighter jets swooped down the Champs Elysees avenue -- and spectacular firework displays. (Getty Images)

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"France was struck on its national day ... the symbol of freedom," said Hollande. (Getty Images)

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"It's a scene of horror," a local member of parliament, Eric Ciotti, told France Info radio, saying the truck had "mown down several hundred people." (Getty Images)

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