Both groups are well known for driving vehicles into innocent people, prompting fears that tonight's incident could be linked to their activities. <br />Bastille Day, which celebrates the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris during the French Revolution of 1789, is the country's biggest public holiday. <br />At least 30 people were killed in the southern French town of Nice when a truck ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday on Thursday night, French TV channel BFM TV said. <br />The truck rammed into the crowd on the Promenade des Anglais seaside walk in the centre of town, regional newspaper Nice Matin reported, citing its own reporter at the scene. <br />French television channel BFM TV said the local prefecture in Nice was treating the incident as an attack and was asking people to stay at home. <br /> <br /> <br />The southern French city of Nice was under terrorist attack tonight as 'dozens of people' were killed, and scores more injured during Bastille Day celebrations. <br />At least 50 people have been killed in the attack with reports of exchanges of gunfire between police and suspects. <br />A spokesman for the Alpes Maritime prefecture advised locals to 'stay indoors' as gunfire was heard, and a lorry was driven into a crowd on the Promenade des Anglais. <br />Eyewitnesses said there were 'bodies everywhere' with at least 100 people injured.
