Pope Francis will meet
relatives of the 85 victims of the Bastille Day terror attack in
Nice at 12:00 on Saturday September 24, the Vatican press office
said Friday.
The meeting, which was first announced at the end of August
by the president of the Amitie' France-Italie association which
promoted the audience, Paolo Celi, will take place in the Paul
VI Audience Hall, the press office said.
Also attending will be a delegation led by Nice Mayor
Christian Estrosi, governor of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
region, as well as representatives of various religions.
On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was
deliberately driven into crowds celebrating Bastille Day on the
Promenade des Anglais in Nice, killing 85 people and injuring
434.
The driver was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian
resident of France. The attack ended following an exchange of
gunfire, during which Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot and killed by
police.
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