MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Thursday evening, a heavy truck hit a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day in southern France, killing 84 revellers and wounding dozens more. French President Francois Hollande said it was undeniably a terrorist assault.
"The Foreign Office, the German Embassy in Paris and the General Consulate in Marseille maintain a close and constant contact with the French authorities and are trying to establish if Germans were affected. We can neither rule this out nor confirm at this moment," Maike Freytag said.
The driver of the truck was killed by police, French Interior Ministry spokesperson Pierre-Henry Brandet has confirmed. Eighteen people are still in critical condition.
