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Truck terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was an 'unlikely jihadist' who flouted every rule of Islam, his cousin said.

The 31-year-old - who wreaked terror on the Nice seafront as he turned an evening celebrating Bastille Day into a night of terror in which he murdered 84 innocent people - drank alcohol, ate pork and took drugs.

He never prayed or attended a mosque, and hit his wife - with whom he had three children aged five, three and 18 months - and was in the process of getting a divorce.

Bouhlel's attack left a trail of devastation, killing at least 84 people including 10 children, before he was shot dead by anti-terror police in France.

The Frenchman used the 25-tonne lorry to go on a mile-long killing spree, plowing through crowds during Bastille Day celebrations.

The killer drove his truck over crowded sidewalks hitting pedestrians and knocking down street lamps.

Survivors are loaded into ambulances and taken to hospital.

Dead and injured are attended to by medical personnel.

Dead bodies on the promenade.

A young girl was one of the victims. Her doll lays next to her.

A man covers the body of one of the victims.

Covered bodies of the victims are seen on the street.

Traumatized people walk past one of the victims.

Dead bodies are seen laying behind the truck that mowed them down.

Dozens of bodies were left lying on the Promenade des Anglais after the horrific attack last night, which left at least 84 people dead.

Medical personnel attending to survivors.

The 31-year-old killer, a French Tunisian, had already come onto police radar for 'acts of violence and use of weapons' after violence following a pub brawl in January.

Despite allegedly questioning the driver, police officers in the southern French city did nothing to move him on as he waited to begin the attack.

The Nice terrorist parked on the promenade for nearly nine hours yesterday before launching his horrific attack, but was allowed to stay because he told police he was delivering ice cream.

French officers were able to put a stop to the horrific attack by shooting dead the driver at the scene.

Paramedics and emergency services fought desperately to save the lives of those injured.

Emergency services helped wounded survivors into a fleet of ambulances to evacuate them from the scene for treatment.

A body that couldn't be identified, still lays on the promenade.

Bodies that are waiting for identification.

Walid Hamou, a cousin of Bouhlel's wife Hajer Khalfallah, said 'He drank alcohol, ate pork and took drugs. This is all forbidden under Islam. 'He was not a Muslim, he was a s***.'

This is the scene in Nice today where the lorry raced the length of the famed Promenade des Anglais, leaving 84 dead in his wake.

The truck used as a murder weapon remains on the promenade with police gathering evidence and marking bullet casings with yellow numbered signs.

President Francois Hollande said that the 'terrorist' nature of the attack 'cannot be denied', in a live speech following the horrific incident.

The police said today that French Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel died in the passenger seat of this 19-tonne truck after a shoot-out.

The identification card of the killer.

Police and forensics teams inspect bodies in the French sunshine where at least ten died and 50 injured - many of them in buggies left abandoned today.

Bodies lie along the promenade showing the devastating route the lorry took as it went through huge crowds.

At least a dozen bodies of victims covered by sheets remain at the scene of the terror attack today as the authorities try to identify them.

Two young women, obviously grief-stricken, lay flowers and messages for the many people killed and injured in Nice last night.

A young boy leaves a bouquet of white flowers in Promenades des Anglais today surrounded by people of all races and religions.