Barney Henderson Chris Graham
14 JULY 2016 • 11:51PM
Truck crashes into crowd at Bastille Day celebration in Nice
60 people reported killed
Fears of terrorism as people flee scene in panic
'I saw a small child on the ground'
A man identified as Manon told Nice Matin newspaper:
“The driver had made up his mind, he was going to crash. The van drove onto the pavement. It passed two metre away from us. I saw people lying down I saw a small child on the ground."
11:51pm
'Very high toll'
A spokesman for France's Interior Ministry says there are likely to be "several dozen dead" after the attack.
Pierre-Henry Brandet told BFM TV: "It's going to be a very high toll."
The president of the Nice regional council also gave a similar number.
11:50pm
Obama aware of situation
The White House says the president has been appraised of the situation in Nice.
11:48pm
Foreign Office reacts
The Foreign Office says it is in touch with local authorities in Nice and is seeking more information following "an apparent attack on Bastille Day celebration in Nice".
It has advised anyone in the area to follow the instructions of the French authorities.
'Truck was travelling at 60-70km per hour'
A local Nice Matin journalist on the scene reported: “People ran, there was panic. He drove onto the promenade and ploughed into the crowd. There is a huge amount of blood and without doubt a lot of people have been hurt.”
A witness who gave his name as Antoine said: “We were at the Neptune beach and a firework display had just finished. That is when we saw a white lorry. It was going quickly at 60-70 kilometres an hour.”
11:23pm
'You need to go, the police have told us to run'
Colin Srivastava told BBC News: "We were basically sitting just in front of the Old Town in Nice and saw several hundred people running towards us looking panic stricken.
"We tried to ask a few of them what the hell was going on and finally got one that said, 'You need to go, the police have told us to run'.
"Just around about the base of the hill where the castle is in Nice the police came running along and said, 'Run now'.
"We had absolutely no idea what was going on, to be honest with you.
"When we got down into the port in Nice we were told by a few people who'd obviously run faster than we had that there was the story of a lorry that had gone into the people, basically cannoned into the crowd, and there were also shots fired, which is something we didn't hear about until just now on French news."
11:20pm
'We thought they were fireworks because it's the 14th of July'
One eyewitness told France's BFM TV: "Everyone was calling run, run, run there's an attack run, run, run. We heard some shots. We thought they were fireworks because it's the 14th of July.
"There was great panic. We were running too because we didn't want to stick around and we went into a hotel to get to safety. "
11:19pm
'Bodies everywhere'
Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP near Nice's Promenade du Paillon, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd and then witnessed the man emerge with a gun and start shooting.
"There was carnage on the road," Bouhlel said. "Bodies everywhere."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...-crowd-at-bastille-day-celebrations-in-nice2/
14 JULY 2016 • 11:51PM
Truck crashes into crowd at Bastille Day celebration in Nice
60 people reported killed
Fears of terrorism as people flee scene in panic
'I saw a small child on the ground'
A man identified as Manon told Nice Matin newspaper:
“The driver had made up his mind, he was going to crash. The van drove onto the pavement. It passed two metre away from us. I saw people lying down I saw a small child on the ground."
11:51pm
'Very high toll'
A spokesman for France's Interior Ministry says there are likely to be "several dozen dead" after the attack.
Pierre-Henry Brandet told BFM TV: "It's going to be a very high toll."
The president of the Nice regional council also gave a similar number.
11:50pm
Obama aware of situation
The White House says the president has been appraised of the situation in Nice.
11:48pm
Foreign Office reacts
The Foreign Office says it is in touch with local authorities in Nice and is seeking more information following "an apparent attack on Bastille Day celebration in Nice".
It has advised anyone in the area to follow the instructions of the French authorities.
'Truck was travelling at 60-70km per hour'
A local Nice Matin journalist on the scene reported: “People ran, there was panic. He drove onto the promenade and ploughed into the crowd. There is a huge amount of blood and without doubt a lot of people have been hurt.”
A witness who gave his name as Antoine said: “We were at the Neptune beach and a firework display had just finished. That is when we saw a white lorry. It was going quickly at 60-70 kilometres an hour.”
11:23pm
'You need to go, the police have told us to run'
Colin Srivastava told BBC News: "We were basically sitting just in front of the Old Town in Nice and saw several hundred people running towards us looking panic stricken.
"We tried to ask a few of them what the hell was going on and finally got one that said, 'You need to go, the police have told us to run'.
"Just around about the base of the hill where the castle is in Nice the police came running along and said, 'Run now'.
"We had absolutely no idea what was going on, to be honest with you.
"When we got down into the port in Nice we were told by a few people who'd obviously run faster than we had that there was the story of a lorry that had gone into the people, basically cannoned into the crowd, and there were also shots fired, which is something we didn't hear about until just now on French news."
11:20pm
'We thought they were fireworks because it's the 14th of July'
One eyewitness told France's BFM TV: "Everyone was calling run, run, run there's an attack run, run, run. We heard some shots. We thought they were fireworks because it's the 14th of July.
"There was great panic. We were running too because we didn't want to stick around and we went into a hotel to get to safety. "
11:19pm
'Bodies everywhere'
Wassim Bouhlel, a Nice native who spoke to the AP near Nice's Promenade du Paillon, said that he saw a truck drive into the crowd and then witnessed the man emerge with a gun and start shooting.
"There was carnage on the road," Bouhlel said. "Bodies everywhere."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...-crowd-at-bastille-day-celebrations-in-nice2/
