Azerbaijan checking presence of its citizens among Nice terrorist attack victims - UPDATED

  15 July 2016    Read: 2792
Azerbaijan checking presence of its citizens among Nice terrorist attack victims - UPDATED
No Azerbaijani citizens among victims, injured in Nice terrorist attack

According to the preliminary data, there are no Azerbaijani citizens among the victims and injured in the terrorist attack in the French city of Nice on July 14, Azerbaijan’s diplomatic mission to France told Trend July 15.

Azerbaijani embassy is in contact with the local authorities to obtain further information.

A terrorist act was committed on Thursday night in Nice, the prefecture of the department Alpes-Maritimes said. France’s Interior Ministry said 84 people were killed in the French Riviera city of Nice late on July 14 when a truck ploughed into crowds watching a fireworks display on France`s Bastille Day national holiday, RIA Novosti reported July 15.

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Azerbaijan`s Embassy in France is reviewing whether there are any Azerbaijani citizens are among those injured and killed in the terrorist attack committed in Nice, France, the embassy told Trend.

Azerbaijan`s embassy is in contact with local authorities to obtain more accurate information.

In the aftermath of a truck running into a crowd of people celebrating France`s Bastille Day, killing at least 80 and injuring 120.

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