Read: Nice truck attack: Timeline of terror in France since Charlie Hebdo shootingsThursday’s attack struck the French State a bloody body blow. A parliamentary commission set up to investigate the 2015 terrorist attacks pointed to a series of intelligence failures, suggesting that some of the attacks, especially in the Bataclan concert hall, could have been prevented. The terrorist attack on France’s National Day, July 14, is the latest in a series that began in January 2015 when the offices of Charlie Hebdo were attacked and its editorial board wiped out. Other terrorist acts have followed; the most sensational and bloody being multiple assaults on November 13 that claimed 147 lives. It is doubtful if they will help quell the sense of alienation and hatred felt by radicalised young French Muslims.

Source: Hindustan Times July 15, 2016 16:41 UTC