Home-grown terrorists the bane of Europe

At least eighty-four people were killed and more than 200 injured in the French city of Nice late on Thursday when a man plowed a truck through a crowd that had gathered on a promenade to watch the fireworks' display on Bastille Day, France's national holiday. More than 50 of the injured are in a critical condition and many of the victims were children, according to media reports.

The driver of the truck, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who was neutralized by police on the promenade, had been earlier booked for violence and use of weapons. The 31-year-old Bouhlel was born in Tunisia but lived in the French Riviera city of Nice and had dual French-Tunisian citizenship.

In a phone call to French President Fran?ois Hollande on Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his condolences for the victims of the barbaric attack and offered his sympathies to their families. Xi also said China opposes terrorism in all its forms, and is willing to deepen its anti-terrorism cooperation with France to safeguard global order.