A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice on July 14, leaving at least 60 dead and scores injured in an “attack” after a Bastille Day fireworks display, prosecutors said on July 15. / AFP PHOTO /
NICE, France (AFP) — The French government denied there was a hostage-taking incident after a truck ploughed into a crowd watching a fireworks display in Nice killing at least 60 people on Thursday.
“There is no hostage-taking,” interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told AFP, denying dozens of rumors following the incident.
“An individual drove a truck into the crowd. He was killed by police,” he said.
“Investigations are currently under way to establish if the individual acted alone or if he had accomplices who might have fled,” Brandet said.
Anti-terrorism investigators have taken over the probe, prosecutors said.
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