The Liberation newspaper reported on Thursday that only one police car was stationed at the entrance to the Nice promenade on the night of the attack. Five suspects have been formally charged over the July 14th truck attack in the French Riveria city that killed 84 people. The Nice assault was the third major attack on French soil in the past 18 months. Investigators initially said Bouhlel appeared to have undergone a lightning-quick radicalisation but the picture emerging is of a long-planned attack. Hollande said Cazeneuve, who has shrugged off opposition calls to resign, had his "full confidence" and announced he would ship weapons to Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic State (Isis) group which claimed the attack.

Source: The Local July 23, 2016 07:52 UTC