Germany, Italy, Australia and the UK are among the countries paying their respects to those who died during a terrorist attack on people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France. The attack, which happened at approximately 11pm local time, saw a truck driver plough a vehicle 2km (1.3 miles) through a crowd, who had been enjoying a fireworks display at the Promenade des Anglais. At least 84 people have been killed, including 12 children and 18 people are said to be in a critical condition. The driver, who has been identified as Tunisian-born Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, was shot dead at the scene by police.
Flowers were laid outside French embassies in cities, such as Moscow, Rome and in Berlin, by passers by in memory of the victims. French tricolours have been set at half mast outside Downing Street and Paris' Elysee Palace, while Brussels showed its solidarity by lowering the EU flag outside the EU Parliament. A French-German festival held in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin has been cancelled out of respect.
A woman places flowers in front of the French embassy in Madrid, SpainAndrea Comas/ReutersAn European Union flag is lowered at half-mast in honor of the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, outside the EU Parliament in Brussels, BelgiumFrancois Lenoir/ReutersSchool children offer prayers to pay tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, at a school in Ahmedabad, IndiaAmit Dave/ReutersA man reacts in front of bouquets of flowers near the scene of the attack in Nice, FrancePascal Rossignol/ReutersA Republican Guard pays his respects after setting the French national flag at half-mast at the Elysee Palace in Paris, FrancePhilippe Wojazer/ReutersPeople reflect during a minute of silence as a vigil is held in central Sydney, AustraliaDavid Gray/ ReutersA bouquet of flowers and a French flag is seen as people pay tribute near the scene of the attack in Nice, FrancePascal Rossignol/Reuters
Speaking from Nice, French president Francois Hollande said: "There are many young children among the victims − their lives were taken to satisfy the cruelty of an individual. Until the last moment everything was done to save as many people as possible." He then warned: "We are facing a battle that will be very long. Our enemy will continue to strike."
Workers remove constructions of a cancelled French-German Festival in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, GermanyHannibal Hanschke/ReutersFlowers placed to pay tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice are seen in front of a military armoured vehicle at the French embassy in Rome, ItalyMax Rossi/ReutersWorkers dismantle the stage of a cancelled French-German Festival in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, GermanyHannibal Hanschke/ReutersA French tricolour flies at half mast over French Consulate at Istiklal avenue in central Istanbul, TurkeyOzan Kose/AFPA girl holds up a placard during a prayer meeting to show solidarity with the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, at a school in Ahmedabad, IndiaAmit Dave/ ReutersThe French Tricolour (L) flies next to the Australian national flag on top of the Sydney Harbour bridge in Sydney, AustraliaPeter Parks/AFPAn electronic board displays "Je suis Nice" in honor of the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, outside the European Parliament in Brussels, BelgiumFrancois Lenoir/ReutersA man is overcome near flower offerings as people pay tribute near the scene of the attack in Nice, FrancePascal Rossignol/ReutersFlowers are seen attached to a fence to remember the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice in front of the French embassy in Rome, ItalyMax Rossi/ReutersWhite roses lie in front of the French embassy in Berlin, GermanyHannibal Hanschke/ReutersA man prays next to a candle and flowers laid down in front of the French embassy in Berlin, GermanyJohn Macdougall/AFPA woman signs a book of condolences for the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice in front of the French embassy in Rome, ItalyMax Rossi/ReutersFlowers laid at the site where a truck drove into a crowd watching a fireworks display on the Promenade des Anglais seafront in the French Riviera town of Nice, FranceBoris Horvat/AFPA French tricolour flag flies at half mast next to the Union flag over Downing Street, LondonChris J Ratcliffe/Getty ImagesPeople place flowers to pay tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, in front of the French embassy in Kiev, UkraineGleb Garanich/ReutersStudents hold burning candles as they pay tribute to the victims of the Nice attack in France, at a school in Amritsar, IndiaNarinder Nanu/AFPPeople lay flowers outside the French embassy in Moscow, RussiaVasily Maximov/AFP
