Nice attack mourners lay flowers outside French Embassy in Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenians have been laying flowers and lighting candles in front of the French Embassy in Yerevan since Friday, July 15 morning.

People come to pay tribute to the victims of the attack in the French city of Nice after an armed man drove a truck through a crowd who had gathered to celebrate the Bastille Day.

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

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 18 were in a critical condition. Many more were also wounded in the attack along the famed seafront Promenade des Anglais as the fireworks ended just after 10:30 p.m. (2030 GMT).

The driver also opened fire before police shot him dead.

One Armenian woman was among the victims of the terrorist attack.