French soldiers and rescue forces are seen at the scene in Nice.

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There is no hostage situation in Nice where dozens of people were killed in the French Riviera city when a truck ploughed into a crowd on France's Bastille Day national holiday, a spokesman for the French interior ministry said on Thursday.Spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told BFM TV: "I can't give you information on the man's motives yet."