15 Jul 2016 12:18

Armenian citizen killed in Nice terror attack - Foreign Ministry

YEREVAN. July 15 (Interfax) - According to preliminary information, an Armenian citizen was killed in the terror attack in France's Nice.

"According to preliminary information, an Armenian citizen was killed in the terror attack in Nice. The details are currently being verified," the Armenian Foreign Ministry press service said.

An attacker drove his truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on Thursday evening. The latest figures put the death toll from the incident at 84 people. The truck driver, a 31-year-old French citizen of Tunisian descent, was shot dead by police.