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Eight suspects go on trial Monday (September 5) over the July 2016 attack in the Mediterranean city of Nice, where a radical Islamist killed 86 people by driving a truck into thousands of locals and tourists celebrating France's national day. Ahead of the trial, Bataclan survivors met with victims of the attack.
A French court will issue verdicts Tuesday for eight suspects charged in the harrowing 2016 terror attack in Nice, where an allegedly radicalised Islamist attacker is accused of ploughing his truck into a crowd celebrating the July 14 national holiday. The Nice trial is taking place at the historic Palais de Justice in Paris, but a special venue has been set up in Nice to allow victims to follow proceedings via a live broadcast. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports from Nice, France.
On July 14, 2016, families in the French Riviera city of Nice had gathered to watch the Bastille Day fireworks on the seafront when a Tunisian-born jihadist drove a lorry into the crowd, killing 86 people and injuring more than 450. After more than three months of hearings, the trial of those accused of involvement in the attack wrapped up this Monday in Paris. The 2,500 civil plaintiffs, including survivors and bereaved parents, now await the court's verdict. We hear from some of them in this report, as well as several of their lawyers. FRANCE 24's Karim Hakiki and Sylvain Rousseau report, with Camille Nedelec.
Eight suspects go on trial Monday (September 5) over the July 2016 attack in the Mediterranean city of Nice, where a radical Islamist killed 86 people by driving a truck into thousands of locals and tourists celebrating France's national day.
France's Bastille Day is usually synonymous with joyful street parties and colourful fireworks. But six years ago in the Mediterranean city of Nice, the festivities ended in tragedy. Some 86 people were killed and more than 400 injured when an Islamic State group sympathiser rammed a truck into crowds on the promenade. On the opening day of the trial of eight people accused of having a role in that bloodshed, FRANCE 24 spoke to counter-terrorism expert Raffaello Pantucci for Perspective.
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