{"id":23253,"date":"2022-09-05T13:42:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T17:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23253"},"modified":"2022-09-05T13:42:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T17:42:51","slug":"nice-attack-trial-for-bastille-day-massacre-which-killed-86-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/09\/05\/nice-attack-trial-for-bastille-day-massacre-which-killed-86-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice attack: Trial for Bastille Day massacre which killed 86 begins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eight suspects have gone on trial in Paris for links to a deadly lorry attack in the southern French city of Nice in 2016 which killed 86 people.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The suspects – who face between five years and life imprisonment – are accused of helping the attacker get weapons, and of logistical support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Proceedings will be broadcast live to many of those affected by the attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This trial is the latest legal process over attacks of terrorism that have rocked the country since 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The attacker himself was shot dead after driving a lorry into crowds celebrating Bastille Day,\u00a0injuring more than 400.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, ploughed through a crowd of some 30,000 people who had been enjoying a fireworks display on France’s national day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Careering through the coastal city’s seafront boulevard Promenade des Anglais for more than 2km, the 31-year-old’s victims included 15 children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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