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Six years after an ISIS-inspired terrorist turned France’s national day into a nightmare for the people of Nice, seven men and a woman have gone on trial in Paris on various charges relating to the attack.
The defendants on trial for the 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that killed 86 people denied any links to terrorism and told the court Tuesday that they had been trapped or fooled by the driver at fault for the massacre.
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Trial over 2016 Nice terror attack set for September 2022 - source
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02 Jun 2021, 22:42 GMT+10
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian, drove a truck into crowds gathered for fireworks on the famed Promenade des Anglais.
Eighty-six people were killed in the attack.
Another suspect remains on the run and will be tried in absentia.
Eight people suspected of links to the man who killed scores in a Bastille Day attack in the Mediterranean resort city of Nice five years ago will go on trial in September 2022, a judicial source told AFP on Wednesday.
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian, drove a truck into crowds gathered for fireworks on the famed Promenade des Anglais to celebrate France s national holiday on 14 July 2016.