Little after 22:30 local time on Bastille Day in Nice , France , a large white lorry intentionally drove up to 2 km into crowds celebrating the national holiday . With 84 dead , police responded to the vehicle driver opening fire on crowds , fatally shooting him . The driver has been identified as a 29 year old man of Algerian - Tunisian origin according to papers found inside the lorry , while the anti - terror alert has been raised to its highest level in the area of Nice . We thought it was weird," said Laicia Baroi. The Islamic State has not said it was behind the attack .
Little after 22:30 local time on Bastille Day in Nice , France , a large white lorry intentionally drove up to 2 km into crowds celebrating the national holiday . With 84 dead , police responded to the vehicle driver opening fire on crowds , fatally shooting him . The driver has been identified as a 29 year old man of Algerian - Tunisian origin according to papers found inside the lorry , while the anti - terror alert has been raised to its highest level in the area of Nice . The Islamic State has not said it was behind the attack .