Truck 'terrorist' kills 80 in Nice Bastille Day crowd

A "terrorist" gunman killed 80 people and wounded scores when he drove a heavy truck into a crowd.

Nice, France: A "terrorist" gunman killed 80 people and wounded scores when he drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, officials said.

In a pre-dawn address to the nation, President Francois Hollande called up military and police reservists to relieve forces worn out by an eight-month state of emergency begun after the Islamic State militant group killed 130 people in Paris. The state of emergency has been extended.