Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve initially said 80 people had died and 18 were in a critical condition Police gather at the scene of the terror attack in Nice, France - AFP A "terrorist" gunman killed at least 84 people and wounded scores when he drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd that had watched Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, officials said.Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve initially said 80 people died and 18 were in a critical condition. Many more were also wounded in the attack along the famed seafront Promenade des Anglais as the fireworks ended just after 10:30 pm (2030 GMT).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 saidIn a pre-dawn address to the nation, President Francois Hollande said he was calling up military and police res...
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