No hostage-taking after France truck 'attack': government
AFP
July 14, 2016 07:53 MYT
July 14, 2016 07:53 MYT
Police officers speak with a soldier after a truck that ploughed into a crowd leaving a fireworks display in the French Riviera town of Nice on July 14, 2016. - AFP Photo
The French government denied there was a hostage-taking incident after a truck ploughed into a crowd watching a fireworks display in Nice killing at least 70 people on Thursday.
"There is no hostage-taking," interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told AFP, denying dozens of rumours following the incident.
"An individual drove a truck into the crowd. He was killed by police," he said.
"Investigations are currently under way to establish if the individual acted alone or if he had accomplices who might have fled," Brandet said.
Anti-terrorism investigators have taken over the probe, prosecutors said.