French court sentences eight over 2016 truck attack in Nice

FILE PHOTO: Photos and names of the 86 victims of the July 14, 2016 truck attacks are seen on a memorial on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, August 29, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court found seven men and one woman guilty on Tuesday for their roles in a 2016 truck rampage in the southern city of Nice in which 86 people were killed.

Attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was shot dead by police on the spot after causing devastation and chaos on a two km (1.2 mile) stretch of Nice's seaside boulevard, where families had been celebrating Bastille Day, France's national holiday.