Who are ISIS? A profile of the brutal jihadi group
Isis is believed to have orchestrated the latest attack on innocent people in Nice, France
ISIS is a vast terror group which aims to establish a single Islamic rule over the whole world by conquering the West.
The murderous network – known for is barbaric public beheadings – was originally part of al-Qaeda before branching out alone and believes all Muslims should unite into a worldwide caliphate.
It seeks to kill or rape all who do not believe in the group’s interpretations of the Koran.
The group believes that all religions who agree with democracy have to die.
Last night’s atrocities are just the latest in a string of attacks on French soil.
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Twelve people were murdered by two Isis gunmen in January 2015 at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris.
And in November 2015, Isis killed 130 people in a string of attacks in Paris near the Stade de France and the Bataclan Theatre.
A 29-year-old opened fire on a gay night club in Orlando, Florida, and took hostages in June 2016.
He pledged allegiance to Isis shortly after the attack in which he killed 49 people.
Turkey has also fallen prey to the terror group with 44 killed at its national airport in a mass shooting in June 2016.
And in Brussels, Belgium, 32 people were killed by suicide bombers at a Metro station and the airport.
In June 2015, 38 people were killed in a mass shooting targeting Western tourists at a hotel 10km north of Sousse, Tunisia.
Isis has carried out swathes of other terror attacks across Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, indiscriminately killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people - including huge numbers of Muslims.
The group - which first claimed territory in Iraq in 2006 – has been charged by Amnesty International with ethnic cleansing on a “historic scale" in northern Iraq.
Around the world, Islamic religious leaders have overwhelmingly condemned Isis’s actions, arguing that the group has strayed from the path of true Islam.