Anti-terrorism investigators take over Nice truck attack probe

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Police officers in Nice, France.
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French prosecutors said anti-terrorism forces have taken over the investigation of the truck attack in Nice, France, late Thursday, which left at least 84 people dead and more than 100 injured.

Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told Agence France-Presse that "an individual drove a truck into the crowd. He was killed by police. Investigations are currently underway to establish if the individual acted alone or if he had accomplices who might have fled."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.