Eight go on trial in France over Bastille Day truck attack in Nice

Seven men and one woman accused of helping gunman who drove a vehicle into crowds, killing 86 people

Seven men and one woman have gone on trial over the 2016 Bastille day attack in Nice, when a gunman drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd gathered to watch fireworks on the Riviera seafront, killing 86 people and injuring more than 400.

The attack - the second most deadly massacre in peacetime France - happened eight months after the Paris attacks on bars, restaurants, the national stadium and Bataclan concert hall, which killed 130 people and were claimed by Islamic State.