French President Francois Hollande on Monday sought to defuse a row over allegations his government tried to alter a security report after the Bastille Day massacre in Nice. Photo: AFPAFP · 26 Jul 2016, 08:43Published: 26 Jul 2016 08:43 GMT+02:00Despite the efforts of the French president the controversy over the security arrangements on the night of the Nice attack won't go away. Prime Minister Manuel Valls waded into the affair on Monday, telling French TV the row was "purely political and aimed at destabilising the government." Cazeneuve's office strongly denied Sunday that he had sent a representative to the local Nice police, "contrary to what Madame Bertin claims". According to the complaint, her words "attack the honour and reputation" of the national police and the minister.

Source: The Local July 26, 2016 06:56 UTC