Nice terrorist attack on Bastille Day.

Nice terrorist attack on Bastille Day.

A truck smashed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice, killing at least 84 people enjoying a Bastille Day fireworks display.

-The driver Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, barreled the truck two kilometres (1.3 miles) through the crowd on the palm-lined Promenade des Anglais, sending hundreds fleeing in terror and leaving the area strewn with bodies. Bouhlel then opened fire on the crowd before police shot him dead.

-Nice is considered a town under particular terrorist threat, notably due to a large contingent of residents who have left to fight in Syria.

- ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack by Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel who used a hired lorry to kill at least 84 people in a rampage during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice.

President Hollande extended a state of emergency, already in place since November's attacks in Paris, by another three months.

BASTILLE DAY 14 JULY

- Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on 14 July each year.

BASTILLE DAY Celebrations in India. Bastille Day is celebrated with great festivity in Pondicherry, a former French colony, every year.

- On the eve of the Bastille Day, retired soldiers parade and celebrate the day with Indian and French National Anthems. On the day, uniformed war soldiers march through the street to honor the French soldiers who were killed in the battles.

-One can perceive French and the Indian flag flying alongside that project the mishmash of cultures and heritages.