Deadly Bastille Day Lorry Attack in Nice

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

“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.

Careering through the coastal city’s seafront boulevard Promenade des Anglais for more than 2km (1.2 miles), Lahouaiej-Bouhlel’s victims included 15 children.

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

BBC /Shakirat Sadiq