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A body is seen on the ground July 15, 2016 after dozens were killed in Nice, France, when a truck ran into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday July 14. © Eric Gaillard / Reuters
“Why are the innocent first to die?”, “This is not human” – social media users are in shock sharing a harrowing photo of a doll lying next to a dead body following the truck attack in Nice.
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The photo was taken by Reuters photographer Eric Gaillard and was quickly shared on social media. It’s not clear who exactly is lying next to the doll or to whom the doll belongs, but the reaction on Twitter was one of pain and anguish.

“Here is a small girl with a doll. Tonight in Nice. The innocent are always the first victims,” @PsychoMoqueuse wrote.

Voici une petite fille et sa poupée, ce soir,à Nice.Les innocents sont tjrs les premières victimes..#PrayForWorldpic.twitter.com/nsQZDuaxQD

— KNEISHUNAI (@PsychoMoqueuse) July 15, 2016

“The image of the little girl with the doll breaks my heart. It really happened. This is horrible…”

L'image de la petite fille avec la poupée me brise le coeur
Ça s'est vraiment passé
C'est horrible
Le reste est dérisoire
L'heure est grave

— Ladyoscar_89_68 (@Ladyoscar_89_68) July 15, 2016

This is not human. This has no religion. This has no place in our world. #PrayForNicepic.twitter.com/V2RrkUujVY

— James McVey (@TheVampsJames) July 15, 2016

“I am looking at the picture and I hate these people [who attacked]," @flayti Twitter user wrote.

qd jvois cette image d'un enfant comme ça a Nice, j'ai envie de tous les butés ces crevures 😡 pic.twitter.com/LxSwOlXVkL

— ✖️ TIFLAY (@flayti) July 15, 2016

“No ideology … could be more valuable than the life of this child,” another user @06Black_Eagle added.

Aucune idéologie ou de l'intérêt ne pouvait pas être plus précieux que la vie de cet enfant #Nice#PrayForFrancepic.twitter.com/MyoeqZNgI5

— ✯☆✯ Bl@ckE@gle ✯☆✯ (@06Black_Eagle) July 14, 2016

“A photo of a body on the promenade [des Anglais] in Nice. A doll lying next to it. Does God accept the killing of children in his name?” @fredisblog asked.

Une photo d' un corps sur la prom à #Nice une poupée posée à côté. Mais quel Dieu accepte sue l' on tue des enfants en son nom? #barbarie

— frédérique veysset (@fredisblog) July 15, 2016

You can't close your eyes to the possibility that your child might be next. That's the nature of terror. pic.twitter.com/lCsimSTg2J

— Virginia Dare (@vdare) July 15, 2016

“These people deserve the worst,” wrote @mathildeseptva1

#PrayForNice je viens de voir la photo du cadavre d'une jeune fille avec sa poupée a côté... CES GENS MÉRITENT LE PIRE, ENFOIRES #dégoût

— Mathilde (@mathildeseptva1) July 14, 2016

Some users compared the harrowing picture to that of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi, who drowned on a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea in September 2015.

Vous vous souvenez du petit #Aylan ?
Voici une petite #fille et sa #poupée, ce soir, à #Nice.

Les innocents sont... https://t.co/CmmmCG7nRe

— Grands Cœurs (@GrandsCoeurs) July 15, 2016

Dozens of children suffered in the Bastille Day attack, according to Nice Matin newspaper.

At least 84 people have been killed after a truck plowed through a crowd during celebrations in Nice, in what has been called  in the city’s history. Weapons and grenades were found in the vehicle following the attack.

The truck driver, who was eventually killed by police, was a 31 year-old French-Tunisian, born in Tunisia, a police source close to the investigation told Reuters. French intelligence services had not been watching him, but he was known to police in connection with common law crimes such as theft.