Sylvester Stallone shares photo he took enjoying fireworks in Nice moments before 'cowardly' massacre

The Hollywood star was celebrating his 70th birthday with his family when the attack occurred

Sylvester Stallone was in the French resort at the time of the terror attack

Sylvester Stallone has shared a picture on Instagram, showing the A-list star enjoying the fireworks in Nice just moment before the Bastille attack.

The Hollywood actor was in the French resort with his wife and three daughters for an extended holiday to celebrate his 70th birtday.

He had been regularly updating his Instagram followers about his trip when the terror attack occured.

Sly captioned the “Sadly this was just moments before that horrible, cowardly attack in Nice, France.”

The image shows the Rocky star proudly saluting as fireworks erupt behind him.

Families had gathered for the fireworks display when they were mowed down by Mohammed Bouhlel in the horrific atrocity that has so far claimed 84 lives.

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Sly labelled the attack cowardly on his Instagram page

The rampaging lorry travelled for over a mile along the promenade De Anglais, ploughing into men women and children indisrimately.

50 shades of grey stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan were also in the French Riviera resort when the attack took place and were later reported safe.

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Rihanna was also in Nice when the attack occurred

Singer Rihanna was also in Nice at the time of the attack and later cancelled her scheduled concert there out of respect for the dead.

She appeared tense as she was seen being escorted out of a restaurant amid the massacre on Thursday night.