French court upholds prison sentences for two Nice attackers

(AFP) A French court on Thursday confirmed the prison sentences of two men who were sentenced to 18 years in jail over the harrowing 2016 terror attack in Nice that killed 86 people.

In 2022, French judges ordered prison terms for eight suspects charged in the attack in Nice, where a suspected Islamist attacker rammed his truck into a night-time crowd celebrating the July 14 national holiday.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian, killed 86 people and wounded more than 450 others during a four-minute rampage on a seafront embankment before being shot dead by police.

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