Eight found guilty over Nice truck attack

A French court has convicted all eight defendants in connection with the 2016 Bastille Day attack in Nice that killed 86 people


Paris 
FRANCE
Nice


Children’s hospital
Promenade des Anglais
Hôtel Negresco
Musée Masséna
Palais de la Méditerranée
Rail Station
Place Masséna
NICE
OLD TOWN
Harbour
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Truck route approx 2km
Driver shot dead
Hôtel de Ville
500m 550 yards


July 14, 2016: Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel (right) shot dead by police after driving truck through crowd of some 30,000 people watching fireworks display

Mohamed Ghraieb and Chokri Chafroud: Tunisian nationals and friends of killer, convicted of terror charges and handed heaviest sentences of 18 years

Ramzi Arefa: Jailed for 12 years for supplying attacker with weapon while allegedly not knowing his terrorist intentions

Other defendants: Four Albanian nationals and one Tunisian given jail terms of two to eight years on charges of weapons trafficking or criminal conspiracy

So-called Islamic State group
Claimed responsibility for attack but offered no proof that attacker had any direct contact with them


Sources: AP, BBC, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images 
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