Nice (France): French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was booed before and after the minute of silence for the victims of the deadly Bastille Day attack on Monday.
Shouts of “Murderers!” and “Resign!” rang out as Valls and two ministers left the seafront where a huge crowd had gathered to remember the 84 people mowed down on July 14 by truck driver Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel. Emotions in France have been running high since the 31-year-old Tunisian rammed a 19-tonne truck into a crowd leaving a fireworks display, leaving a trail of crumpled bodies in his wake.
Opposition parties have accused the Socialist government of not doing enough to prevent the third major attack in France in 18 months. The government has attempted to fend off the criticism, saying that Lahouaiej-Bouhlel had no known links to jihadist networks and claiming he became radicalised only recently.
On Monday Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said the attack was premeditated. Investigations said that Bouhlel staked out the Promenade des Anglais on several occasions, taking selfies there throughout the day of the attack and had reserved the truck on July 4.
