IS supporters celebrate deadly attack in France on social media

Police officers, firefighters and rescue workers are seen at the site of an attack on July 15, 2016, after a truck drove into a crowd watching a fireworks display in the French Riviera town of Nice. - AFP

CAIRO: Supporters of Islamic State (IS) terror group celebrated on social media an attack in France by a truck that ran into crowds watching a fireworks display on the Bastille Day national holiday, killing at least 73 people and injuring 100.

"The number of those killed had reached 62 french crusaders and sinful infidels in Nice, France … God is great, God is great," read one tweet.