And grenades and the driver opened fire into the crowd thursday night leaving dozens of bodies strown along the roadway. Hundreds people ran screaming in horror and racing for safety after the truck plowed through crowds for more than a pile before police shot the driver dead. In the aftermath personnel and camouflage carrying rifles stood guard around the stalling crime scene as paris Anti Terror Police investigate. French president fran choice holland returned to paris from a visit to the south of france following the attack and immediately met with his crisis team. President obama condemned what he described as an apparent terror attack. U. S. Intelligence officials tell cbs news, the incident appears to be deliberate. But say its too early to tell who is involved. In the wake of a the tack the french president extended state of emergency in france by an additional three months. The tragedy weighed heavily on another bastille day celebrati celebration. Eyewitness news in Rittenhouse