A man reacts near bouquets of flowers as people pay tribute near the scene where a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores and injuring more who were celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday, in Nice, France, July 15, 2016.
A man pauses while he leaves a bunch of flowers outside the French embassy in London on July 15, 2016 in solidarity following the attack in the southern French city of Nice.
A woman places a bouquet of flowers as people pay tribute near the scene where a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores and injuring more who were celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday, in Nice, France, July 15, 2016.
French President Francois Hollande (C) arrives to attend a meeting at the Prefecture the day after the Bastille Day truck attack, in Nice, France, July 15, 2016.
Armed soldiers patrol along the beach in Nice, France, July 15, 2016 the day after a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores and injuring more who were celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday.
Forensic officials work on the beach next to the famed Promenade des Anglais, scene of the truck attack, in Nice, southern France on July 15, 2016.
Flowers placed to pay tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice are seen in front of a military armored vehicle at the French embassy in Rome, Italy, July 15, 2016.
French police officers and French gendarmes stand near a truck in a street of Nice on July 15, 2016, near the building where the man who drove a truck into a crowd watching a fireworks display, the day before, reportedly lived.
People gather and sing the French national anthem at a vigil in a tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day attack, in Sydney, Australia, July 15, 2016.
A member of the French community holds up a candle and a national flag during a vigil in Sydney on July 15, 2016.
A young woman places candles a circle during a vigil in a tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day attack, in Sydney, Australia on July 15, 2016.
Italian Lower House Speaker Laura Boldrini (C) and France's ambassador to Italy Catherine Colonna (R) arrive at the French Embassy in Rome to lay a wreath of flowers on July 15, 2016, after the deadly attack in Nice.
People take a moment of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, at Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain, July 15, 2016.
Indian school children attend a prayer ceremony in memory of victims of a truck attack in France, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Friday, July 15, 2016.
A driver killed more than 80 people and injured others when he crashed a large truck into a crowd in Nice, France Thursday night.
People had gathered in Nice for a celebration of Bastille Day. Nice is the fifth-largest city in France. It is a port city about 30 kilometers from the Italian border. About 350,000 people live there.
The driver was shot and killed. Police identified him as a 31-year-old French-Tunisian who lived in Nice. Police said he was known as a violent person and longtime criminal. But security forces did not suspect him of having links to terrorist groups.
The driver entered a street that was closed to traffic at the time. He crashed through a barrier, then drove through the crowd for up to two kilometers, speeding up and targeting people as they tried to flee.
French President Francois Hollande spoke to the nation early Friday. He said “nothing will make us give way in the fight against terrorism.” He talked about the terrorist attacks in Paris last November. He said all of France is being threatened by the Islamic State terrorist group.
Hollande extended the country's state of emergency -- which was to end later this month -- for three months. He has also ordered 10,000 members of the military to help security forces throughout the country. And he said France will increase its roles in Syria and Iraq.
This is the third large attack in France since last year. An attack in Paris in November killed at least 130 people and a series of attacks in January 2015 that began with an assault on the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo killed 17 people.
I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.
Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted this story for Learning English based on VOA news reports. Hai Do was the editor.
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