Article 63WTH ‘It was war’: Survivors of 2016 Nice attack describe experiences in court

‘It was war’: Survivors of 2016 Nice attack describe experiences in court

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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
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Eight people are on trial for helping the gunman, who drove a truck into the crowd killing 86

Survivors of the 2016 Bastille day attack in Nice have described how the seafront was turned into a war zone" when a gunman drove a heavy truck at high speed into the crowd gathered to watch fireworks in the French Riviera city.

It was war, people were crushed, I saw a woman being run down with a baby in her arms," said Abdallah Kebaier, a retired maintenance worker, who was catapulted into the air by the truck and suffered seven broken ribs, head trauma and injuries to his liver and pancreas.

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