Several of the dead children were believed to have been crushed when… As hospitals fought to save the lives of dozens of crushed and mutilated people, the authorities said that many of the dead were children who had been enjoying the Bastille Day fireworks display on the Promenade des Anglais when the terrorist attack was staged. Victims’ bodies lay covered in blankets surrounded by shellshocked survivors in the aftermath of the attack on the crowds who had gathered to watch a fireworks display Eric Gaillard/ReutersPresident Hollande arrived in Nice this morning after a Tunisian-born Frenchman mowed down hundreds of people, killing at least 84 and injuring scores more as he drove a lorry at high speed along the crowded seafront avenue in the capital of the Côte d’Azur.

Source: The Times July 15, 2016 06:56 UTC