Esmond Chuah Hooi Ong, 22, from Jelutong, Penang, was injured in the chest and back, but not seriously enough for surgery.

A third-year student at Singapore University of Technology and Design. he was in Nice on a student exchange programme for three months starting from June, according to his father, Chuah Tze Leng, 50.

“Because his injury is taking time to heal, we will bring him back and re-schedule his programme there,” Chuah told reporters at Kepala Batas Umno’s Aidilfitri open house.

Kepala Batas is the constituency of deputy foreign minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican, who said Esmond was in stable condition in hospital. “The Malaysian embassy in Paris is willing to provide any form of assistance to him and will ensure he is brought back here,” he said.

In the terrorist attack in Nice, southern France, on Thursday, a 19-tonne truck ploughed into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, the French national day, killing 80 people and injuring many others. The Islamic State terrorist network has claimed responsibility.

Reezal said the Malaysian embassy in Ankara, Turkey, had arranged hotel accommodation for 160 Malaysians stranded at Ankara airport following the attempted military coup yesterday.

Among them were 20 students in transit to Egypt and the rest were tourists from Andalusia Travels, he told reporters at the Umno open house.

Wisma Putra (the foreign ministry) said all 260 Malaysians in Turkey, including 180 students, were safe.