# Truck driver in France

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-driver-in-france/760118>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-driver-in-france/760118 "2016-07-17T13:04:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-driver-in-france/760118/1 "2016-07-17T13:04:53Z")

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It is reported that the truck in France that ran down all the people was full of " guns and explosives". What was said about these and where were was he going with it?

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-driver-in-france/760118/2 "2016-07-17T13:12:37Z")

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He wasn’t going anywhere with them. They were to be used to kill more people. Of the guns only the pistol worked and the explosives were fake or dud.