Two Americans, a 52-year-old father and his 11-year-old son, have been confirmed dead in Thursday’s lorry attack in Nice.
They have been named as Sean Copeland and his son, Brodie, from Austin, Texas.
French president Francois Hollande has extended the country’s state of emergency for another three months, until October 23, following the attack in which 84 people died after a lorry was driven into a crowd who had been watching the fireworks as part of Bastille Day celebrations in the city’s famous Promenade des Anglais.
It is reported a further 50 are critical and hundreds are injured. The UK’s new foreign secretary Boris Johnson has confirmed at least one British national was among those injured.
In New York, Gov. Anthony Cuomo has ordered security to be stepped up at high-profile locations, including airports, bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems.
In the UK, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said security is being reviewed.
Witnesses report the lorry ‘zig-zagged’ through the crowd and the driver then opened fire. He was shot dead by police. He is reported to be a 31-year-old French-Tunisian who was known to the authorities, although he was not on a terrorism watch list.
Hollande said: "France is filled with tragedy". He has promised more troops and tighter border controls.
