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Horrific new footage has emerged of the moment an ISIS terrorist drove his lorry into large crowds in Nice killing 84 people.

Footage posted online shows families and friends watching a band on the seafront of the French city during Bastille Day celebrations.

But the party scene suddenly turns to horror as the camera pans away and shows the truck driving into people at high speed.

The screams of people can be heard with one woman shouting "my daughter, my daughter" - or possibly 'Madonna'.

ISIS today claimed responsibility for the attack which left 84 dead.

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The blood-curdling footage begins with a carefree crowd enjoying Bastille Day celebrations on the seafront of the French city.

A mixed group of adults and children dance and talk to each other as they enjoy the rock band.

Adults can also be seen pushing buggies with children through the crowd.

But suddenly, the camera pans away from the band as distant screams can be heard.

Out of nowhere, the large white lorry driven by Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel suddenly appears.

In distressing footage, he drives through people, mowing down anybody in his path.

People dive to the sides of the promenade as they attempt to get out of the killer's way.

A teenage boy filming the scenes ahead of him walks in the middle of the promenade, unaware that the lorry is speeding towards him.

It is not known if he survived.

A woman can then be heard screaming "my daughter, my daughter" with the screams of children also heard.

Other people believe she may have shouted: "Madonna! Madonna!" instead - a cry for the mother of God.

Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel has been described as a bad Muslim who "drunk alcohol and would not talk about religion".

Mohamed Gacem, 37, who lives next to the killer's former home in Tunisia, said he regularly went to a nearby fitness centre and to salsa dance clubs where he 'found relief', according to Politico .

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Family friend Mr Gacem described the 31-year-old murderer as a tall and robust man, who wore flowery shorts and tank tops “because he liked to show off his muscles.”

Mr Gacem added the pair recently had a "heated discussion" about Ramadan, the holiest month in the Muslim calendar

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“He told me that he had tried to observe Ramadan but didn’t want to continue because he had recently fallen asleep while driving and caused a car accident,” Gacem told the site.

Neighbours described him as withdrawn, saying he was "alone" and "silent".

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A cousin of Bouhlel's wife, Hajer Khalfallah, has claimed that Bouhlel was "not a Muslim".

Walid Hamou told MailOnline : "Bouhlel was not religious. He did not go to the mosque, he did not pray, he did not observe Ramadan.

"He drank alcohol, ate pork and took drugs. This is all forbidden under Islam.

"He was not a Muslim, he was a s***. He beat his wife, my cousin, he was a nasty piece of work."

But the terrorist's father claims his son is not a terrorist, but mentally ill.

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Monthir Bouhlel, who lives in Tunisia and hadn't seen his son for four years, told RTL: "He had some difficult times.

"I took him to a psychiatrist, he took his treatments and he said he had a serious illness."

Since his son moved to France, news from him was rare but their most recent contact was last week to mark Eid.

"He said hello to everyone, that's all," the father said.

"We didn't notice anything strange.

"Everything he said was normal."

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Bouhlel is said to have divorced his wife, with whom he has three children, in 2012 and moved to a poor neighbourhood in Nice, France.

Mr Gacem said that he had struggled to make a living and pay for his rent and was recently refused a 4,000 euro loan from the bank.

But Bouhlel's brother has reportedly admitted that the terrorist was illegally sending money home to his family in Msaken,Tunisia, and the most recent payment was £84,000 (240,000 Tunisian Dinars).

Jaber Bouhlel told MailOnline : "He used to send us small sums of money regularly like most Tunisians working abroad. But then he sent us all that money, it was fortune."

The suspected terrorist was given a suspended sentence in March following a violent altercation on the road, which involved him use a pallet as a weapon.

His lawyer then, Corentin Delobel, said his client appeared normal.

He told RTL: "I could not say 'he is a terrorist, he's an Islamist, he's a radical'."

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He added: "It could have been you or me."

The lawyer said there was no sign of psychiatric trouble and his behaviour was typical of someone finding themselves before the court.

Police found his identity card in the truck where he was killed in a hail of bullets.

French prime minister Manuel Valls said the driver a "terrorist linked to radical Islam".

But prosecutors said that Bouhlel was not known to intelligence services.

Chief prosecutor Francois Molins said police risked their own lives trying to stop the lorry as it travelled more than a mile along the promenade.

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A search was launched of his former home on Friday morning, as well as his former marital home. He was said to have separated in 2012.

Bouhlel was known to police for delinquency and domestic violence, but was not on a list of radicalised people, according to the Nice-Matin newspaper.

He was reported to have hired the vehicle last Monday, taking the biggest from a fleet of lorries - a 19-tonne truck normally used for removals.

Islamic State today claimed responsibility for the truck attack as French police arrested three people there in connection with the carnage.

"The person who carried out the operation in Nice, France, to run down people was one of the soldiers of Islamic State," the news agency Amaq, which supports Islamic State, said via its Telegram account.

"He carried out the operation in response to calls to target nationals of states that are part of the coalition fighting Islamic State," the statement said.

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French authorities said they were checking the claim.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said: "It seems that he was radicalised very quickly - in any case these are the elements that have come up from the testimony of the people around him."

The arrests, which came on top of two on Friday including the attacker's wife, concerned the attacker's "close entourage", sources said.

The attack is the third of its kind in France since the beginning of 2015, and a state of emergency in place since 130 people were killed in and around Paris last November is to be extended for another three months.

Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was shot dead by officers at the scene.

He was known to police for petty crimes but was not on a watch list of suspected militants.

He had one criminal conviction for road rage, having been sentenced to probation three months ago for throwing a wooden pallet at another driver.