World & Nation
The eight defendants received prison sentences ranging from two to 18 years for their roles in the 2016 seaside terrorist attack in Nice, France.
Dec. 14, 2022
In this nondescript Tunisian suburb, friends and family members of the man who drove a truck into a crowd of French revelers are at a loss to explain how one of their own could have been responsible for a deadly attack claimed by Islamic State.
July 17, 2016
The assailant who plowed a truck into crowds celebrating the July 14 Bastille Day holiday in France, killing 84 and injuring hundreds, apparently planned his attack for months and had accomplices who face terrorism charges, authorities said Thursday.
July 21, 2016
French authorities have made eight new arrests in connection with the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that left 86 people dead, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday.
Sept. 20, 2016
The 31-year-old man at the wheel of a truck that plowed through Bastille Day revelers in this southern resort city was known to the police as a violent petty criminal who immigrated from Tunisia about 10 years ago.
July 15, 2016
Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel’s name and face were all over the French and international news media hours after he plowed his truck through the Bastille Day crowds in Nice, killing 84 and injuring hundreds more — just as the Islamic State follower knew it would be.
July 28, 2016
Karim Madani has spent his life in a rough section of Nice, where many immigrants from North Africa grow up with diminished dreams and limited opportunities a world away from the glamorous Mediterranean shoreline.
July 18, 2016
A UC Berkeley student missing in Nice since Thursday’s terror attack has been confirmed dead, according to university officials.
French police arrested two more suspects Sunday in connection with a truck attack that killed 84 people in this southern French resort, amid new reports that the 31-year-old assailant sent a mysterious text message asking for “more weapons” just before the rampage.
As she walked along the promenade above the ocean, past the horror-scape of broken bodies, Maryam Violet could hear the cries and murmurs of the hurt and grieving — in Arabic.