Several Armenians wounded in Nice attack: clergy

PanARMENIAN.Net - Several Armenians were injured in the French city of Nice after an armed man drove a truck through a crowd who had gathered to celebrate the Bastille Day, Arevelk reports.

The Foreign Ministry said earlier that an Armenian citizen, a woman was killed in the attack.

According to Nice pastor father Grigor Khachatryan, the woman resided in Nice. She was on the scene of the attack with family members, no information is currently available about them.

A terrorist gunman killed over 80 people and wounded scores when he drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd that had watched Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, July 14 officials said.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said 18 were in a critical condition. Many more were also wounded in the attack along the famed seafront Promenade des Anglais as the fireworks ended just after 10:30 p.m. (2030 GMT).

The driver also opened fire before police shot him dead.