A gunman at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice on Thursday (July 15), killing at least 84 people and injuring scores more in what President Francois Hollande called a terrorist act. <br /> <br />The attacker, identified by a police source as a 31-year-old Tunisian-born Frenchman, also opened fire before police shot him dead. He had been known to the police for common crimes but not to the intelligence services, the source said. <br /> <br />Forensics teams examined the attack aftermath in the early hours of Friday (July 15), including the truck which appeared to be peppered with bullet holes. <br /> <br />Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 18 of the injured were in a critical condition after the 25-tonne truck zigzagged along the seafront Promenade des Anglais as a fireworks display marking the French national day ended just after 10:30 p.m.
