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French Special Forces Defuse Explosive-Laden Truck Parked Near Nice

© REUTERS / Eric GaillardFrench forensic police continue their investigation as they gather clues the day after a truck at high speed ran into a crowd killing scores celebrating the Bastille Day July 14 national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, July 15, 2016.
French forensic police continue their investigation as they gather clues the day after a truck at high speed ran into a crowd killing scores celebrating the Bastille Day July 14 national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, July 15, 2016. - Sputnik International
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The French special forces defused an explosive-laden truck parked on a highway near Nice, local media reports.

A man walks through debris scatterd on the street the day after a truck ran into a crowd at high speed killing scores celebrating the Bastille Day July 14 national holiday on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, July 15, 2016. - Sputnik International
'I Saw Bodies Lying Everywhere', Nice Truck Attack Eyewitness Tells Sputnik
A bomb disposal operation was conducted on a highway near Nice where a truck attack occurred Thursday night.

A truck were parked 100 meters away from the apartment where a search raid was earlier conducted. Two buildings were evacuated.

A French demining squad blew up a suspicious package on a road near Nice, where a demining operation has been carried out.

Late on Thursday evening, a heavy truck rammed into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day in Nice, killing 84 and injuring dozens.

The driver was shot dead by police. According to documents found inside the truck, he was a 31-year-old man who was a resident of Nice of Tunisian origin.

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