Two Ukrainian citizens injured in a terrorist attack in Nice (France) have been Ukrainians hospitalized, there is no confirmation of the reported death of another Ukrainian.
“There is still no confirmation of the information about the death of a citizen of Ukraine. His search, in which the honorary consul of Ukraine in the city of Nice and a consular officer of the Embassy of Ukraine are actively involved, continues,” the Consular Service Department of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine reported on its Facebook page.
The report says that another Ukrainian citizen who was earlier hospitalized has already been discharged.
An attacker drove his truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice on Thursday evening. The latest figures put the death toll from the incident at 84 people, including a Ukrainian citizen. The truck driver, a 31-year-old French citizen of Tunisian descent, was shot dead by police.
French President Francois Hollande called the tragedy in Nice a terror attack and said that the French government will step up the fight against terrorism, including in the territories of Syria and Iraq. He also said that the state of emergency in the country, which ends on July 26, will be extended for a further three months.
