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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kim Willsher in Paris

Eight found guilty in Bastille Day terror attack trial

French gendarmes and a lawyer standing outside the temporary courtroom set up for the trial of eight people over the 14 July 2016 attack in Nice.
French gendarmes and a lawyer standing outside the temporary courtroom set up for the trial of eight people over the 14 July 2016 attack in Nice. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters

Eight people have been found guilty over their links to the terrorist who drove a heavy lorry into Bastille Day crowds in Nice in 2016, killing 86 people and injuring 450 others.

Survivors of the attack described how the seafront in the Riviera city resembled a “war zone” after Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel zigzagged down it at high speed, deliberately aiming at those celebrating France’s national day.

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