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The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Eight go on trial in France over Bastille Day truck attack in Nice

The truck which ploughed into people on Nice promenade is seen near the site of the attack in July 2016.
The truck that ploughed into a crowd on Nice promenade seen near the site of the attack in July 2016. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Seven men and one woman have gone on trial over the 2016 Bastille day attack in Nice, when a gunman drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd gathered to watch fireworks on the Riviera seafront, killing 86 people and injuring more than 400.

The attack – the second most deadly massacre in peacetime France – happened eight months after the Paris attacks on bars, restaurants, the national stadium and Bataclan concert hall, which killed 130 people and were claimed by Islamic State.

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