YEREVAN, JULY 15, ARMENPRESS. An Armenian citizen has been killed in the July 14 terrorist attack in Nice, France. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia announced that the Armenian Consulate General in Marseille is in contact with the family of the victim.

“Details are being clarified. The Armenian Consulate General in Marseille is in contact with the family of the victim for providing necessary assistance”, the MFA said.

Scores of people were killed Thursday night when a large truck plowed through a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France, in what President Francois Hollande called a terror attack.

Hollande recommended that an existing state of emergency, put in place in the wake of the Paris attacks in November 2015 and due to expire later this month, be extended for three further months.

The French Interior Ministry reported about 84 people being dead and 18 in critical condition.