How media around the world reacted to the Nice attack

At least 84 people were killed and dozens others injured in an “attack” in the French Riviera resort of Nice after a truck ploughed into a crowd of people leaving a Bastille Day firework display.

At least 84 people were killed and dozens others injured in an “attack” in the French Riviera resort of Nice after a truck ploughed into a crowd of people leaving a Bastille Day firework display.

Police approach the driver's cab of a truck, in Nice, France, late Thursday July 14, 2016. The large truck plowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing at least 84 people and sending others fleeing into the sea as it bore down for more than a mile (2 Km) along the Riviera city's famed waterfront promenade. (AP Photo)

The driver, identified by a police source as a 31-year-old Tunisian-born Frenchman, also appeared to open fire before officers shot him dead.

World leaders expressed dismay, sadness and solidarity with France over the attack.

Here is how websites around the world covered the attack:

LeParisien (France)

CNN (US)

The Times (UK)

The New York Times (US)

BBC (UK)

Independent (UK)

Le Figaro (France)

The Sun (UK)

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