LIVE: France shaken by truck attack in Nice

New Delhi: A truck has ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, leaving 80 dead and scores injured in an attack after a Bastille Day fireworks display, officials have said. The driver of the truck was shot dead after barrelling two kilometres (1.3 miles) through the crowd on the palm-lined Promenade des Anglais on Thursday, sending hundreds fleeing in terror and leaving the area strewn with bodies.

• Death toll has risen to 80, 120 people injured
• Terrorist nature' of Nice Attack 'undeniable': President Francois Hollande
• State of emergency in France will be extended by three months: President Francois Hollande
• Injured also include children
• At least 20 people severely wounded
• No report of any Indians affected: MEA
• Our Ambassador in Paris is in touch with the Indian community: MEA
• Our Embassy in Paris has opened helpline +33-1-40507070: MEA

A photograph showed the front of the truck riddled with bullet holes and badly damaged, with burst tyres. US President Barack Obama condemned “what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack”, although no group had claimed responsibility for the incident. Robert Holloway, an AFP reporter who witnessed the white truck driving at speed onto the seaside road, described scenes of “absolute chaos”. “We saw people hit and bits of debris flying around. I had to protect my face from flying debris,” he said. “Investigations are currently underway to establish if the individual acted alone or if he had accomplices who might have fled,” the interior ministry spokesman said, but he denied reports that a hostage-taking incident had taken place.