Nice: Eight Guilty Over The Deadly Bastille Day Lorry Attack

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All eight defendants over the July 2016 lorry attack in the southern French city of Nice in which 86 people were killed have been found guilty.

Seven men and a woman were sentenced by a special court in Paris to jail terms ranging from two to 18 years.

Three were convicted of association with a terrorist, while five others were found guilty of supplying weapons.

The attacker, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, was shot dead after driving a lorry into crowds on Bastille Day.

The 31-year-old Tunisian ploughed through a crowd of some 30,000 people who had been enjoying a fireworks display for France’s national day on 14 July.

Hundreds of people were injured in the massacre – one of the worst attacks in Europe in recent years.