The defendants face between five years in jail to a life sentence
Seven men and one woman went on trial on Monday over a deadly 2016 truck rampage in the French city of Nice, accused of helping the driver who killed 86 people, including 15 children and teenagers, who had gathered to watch a fireworks display.
“It’s a difficult moment, it’s very complicated,” Anne Murris, who lost her daughter in the attack, said as she arrived at the court. “This sends me back six years ago, when I was looking for my daughter … a lot of sadness, also feelings of fear.” Islamic State claimed responsibility a few days after the Nice massacre, but offered no proof that the attacker, who had a record of domestic violence and petty crimes, had direct contact with the group.
French media including Le Monde and Liberation this week reported accounts by his wife of severe domestic violence by a husband who beat her, raped her and threatened to kill her and their children if she left him. The five other defendants are accused of helping indirectly through arms trafficking and face shorter sentences. One of that group will be tried in absentia.
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