France Attack LIVE: 84 Killed, Ex-Wife Of Suspect Detained

France Investigating Whether Truck Attacker Acted Alone

French authorities were trying to determine on Friday whether a Tunisian who killed at least 84 people by ploughing a truck into Bastille Day crowds had acted alone or with accomplices, but said the attack bore the hallmarks of Islamist militants.

France truck attack suspect unknown to intelligence services, says French prosecutor

LATEST UPDATE: Ten children and teens among Nice attack dead: Paris prosecutor

202 people wounded in Nice truck attack: 25 on life support, 52 in critical condition.

Timeline Of The France Truck Attack: How It Unfolded

It took less than 30 minutes, and possibly just 15, for the man to carry out the attack.

Before 2230: The attacker boards a large white truck on the outskirts of Nice and loads his bicycle into the vehicle, according to regional government chief Christian Estrosi.

2200: A fireworks display attended by some 30,000 locals and tourists, including many children, begins near a tourist office on the Promenade des Anglais, a seafront boulevard lined with palm trees and wide walking areas.

Approximately 2230: The fireworks show ends. Soon afterwards the attacker enters the Promenade des Anglais in the white truck and drives down a stretch of about two km (1.5 miles) fronting the "vieille ville" old quarter where many of the victims were killed.

The driver starts swerving to hit people on the roadway and on the wide pavements that overlook the strand and sea.

2245-2300: The driver is shot dead by police.

2350: Sebastien Humbert, deputy prefect of the Alpes-Maritime region that includes Nice, says the early death toll estimate is around 30 and that the incident is for now being described as a "criminal attack".

0400: President Hollande refers in a televised address to the "terrorist nature of this attack" which involved "the most extreme form of violence" and say the death toll at this stage is at least 77. He says emergency rule imposed in France will be extended for three months beyond what was supposed to be an expiry date of July 26.

1510: After visiting victims in hospital in Nice, Hollande says the death toll has reached 84 and that about 50 are still fighting for their lives.

About 50 people still "between life and death" in Nice truck attack: French President Francois Hollande

"Many foreigners" were among those killed or injured in a truck attack on a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice."There are French among the victims and also many foreigners from every continent and many children, young children," said Hollande in a speech from a hospital in the French Riviera city.

Alert at Nice airport lifted. Passengers are now being allowed back into the terminal to pick up their luggage.

LATEST: Passengers have been ordered out of Nice Airport, an Associated Press reporter at the scene says. She said the terminal building has been sealed off and that military personnel are visible inside.

A survivor recalls the big white truck crushing over people

"I saw bodies flying like bowling pins in its path. Heard sounds, howls that I will never forget," Allemand wrote in a post on the website Medium. The "truck of death," as he called it, had passed just several meters from where he stood.

Golfers at British Open pays tribute to Nice truck attack victims

Golfers at the British Open at Royal Troon on Friday wore black ribbons on their caps with the slogan "Pray For Nice" written on the peak in tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day terror attack in Nice.



The French flag flew at half mast over one of the stands around the 18th green at Troon on Scotland's west coast.

British Prime Minister Theresa May expresses her shock on Nice attack.

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European stock market hit after Nice attack

Europe's main stock markets fell, with sentiment hit by the fatal Nice truck attack, offsetting Wall Street records and positive Chinese data.

2 Americans killed in Nice attack: US State Department

Two American citizens were killed in the attack in Nice that has left at least 84 people dead, a spokesman for the US State Department said Friday.

"At this time, we are aware of and can confirm two US citizens were killed in the attack in Nice on July 14, 2016," spokesman John Kirby said in a statement as US top envoy John Kerry was in Moscow for talks on Syria with his Russian counterpart. "We express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of those killed."

ID found with Nice truck attacker is of French petty criminal, 31, of Tunisian descent; no DNA confirmation.

How Facebook Helped Reunite Mother And Baby After France Attack

Social media giant Facebook on Friday became a saviour for an eight-month-old boy who was separated from his mother in a stampede after a terrorist ploughed his truck through a crowd of thousands enjoying Bastille Day celebrations in Nice city, mowing down at least 84 people, injuring some 150.

After France Attack, French Flag Fly At Half Mast In Berlin

The flags of France and Europe fly at half-mast at the French Embassy in Berlin today after the deadly attack in Nice. (AFP Photo)

German police step up checks at French border

German police say they're stepping up border checks on the French frontier following the attack in Nice.

Federal police said Thursday that they had increased checks at land borders and railway crossings with France, and at airports.

They would not give further details, but said the move was made in consultation with France.

France PM and President Will Visit Nice Today

French PM Manuel Valls and French President Francois Hollande will go to Nice later today.