One Ukrainian killed, another wounded in Nice terror attack

11:12, 15.07.2016 1 min read

One Ukrainian citizen was killed and another wounded in the Nice terror attack, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said.

"According to the preliminary information coming from the Ukrainian Embassy in France, one person was killed and another was injured," Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mariana Betsa told Interfax-Ukraine.

The night before a heavy truck drove at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice, after which the driver opened fire on passers-by. The truck driver, a 31-year-old native of Tunisia, a French citizen, was shot dead by police. After the attack small arms and ammunition was found in the truck.

French President Francois Hollande called the terrorist attack in the French Nice a tragedy.

According to the French Interior Ministry, the number of victims of terrorist attacks in Nice has increased to 84 people. More than two dozen people are in critical condition.