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Ahmedabad students organise prayer meet for Nice attack victims

Updated on: 15 July,2016 08:52 PM IST  | 
mid-day online correspondent |

School students in Ahmedabad took part in a prayer meeting in memory of the victims of a truck attack in the French city of Nice at the Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS) on Friday

Ahmedabad students organise prayer meet for Nice attack victims

School students in Ahmedabad took part in a prayer meeting in memory of the victims of a truck attack in the French city of Nice at the Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS) on Friday.


France attacksIndian students take part in a prayer meeting in memory of the victims of a truck attack in the French city of Nice. Pic/AFP


A terrorist sped a rented truck through a crowd of thousands enjoying Bastille Day celebrations in this French city, crushing 84 people and injuring some 150, a third of who were battling for life.


France attacksCandle light for the victims. Pic/AFP

The heavy duty white truck driven by a 31-year-old French of Tunisian origin drove into the crowd for two kilometres an hour before midnight on Thursday, crushing unsuspecting people before police shot him dead.

France attacksIndian students take part in a prayer meeting in memory of the victims of a truck attack in the French city of Nice. Pic/AFP

French President Francois Hollande said July 15 that 'many foreigners and young children' were among those killed or injured after the truck attack on a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, with around 50 fighting for their lives.

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