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HISTORICAL FACTS: Closing arguments in nice attack trial open - Caught on Camera

A courtroom sketch of suspects on trial for the 2016 Bastille Day Nice attack, including, from the left, rear, Artan Henaj, Chakri Chafroud, Ramzi Arefa, and below, Mohamed Walid Ghraieb, Endri Elezi, Makzim Celaj and Enkeledka Zace. © Elisabeth de Pourquery/France TV via AP

The trial of the 2016 Nice truck attack has entered its last phase, with lawyers representing the 'parties civiles' or civil witnesses, presenting closing arguments for the next seven days.

Some 50 lawyers representing the 2,500 civil witnesses will attempt to show the impact of the attack on 14 July 2016, when Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a lorry into the crowd celebrating Bastille Day at the beachfront Promenade des Anglais in 2016, killing 86 people and injury 400.

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