Cazeneuve's office categorically denied Sunday that he had sent a representative to the local Nice police, "contrary to what Madame Bertin claims". "I was asked to change things and asked to send a modifiable report," she told a media conference. Cazeneuve called the claims "undignified" and pointed the finger at Estrosi, hinting that he had orchestrated "daily attacks" on him even though he was also partly responsible for security in Nice. He later told France 2 television that he would counter "a villainous campaign" of lies against him from opposition politicians in Nice "blow for blow". PARIS - A fresh crisis has hit France's government when a senior policewoman claimed the interior ministry pressured her to alter a report into security at the Nice fireworks display where 84 were killed when a man rammed a lorry into the crowd.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2016 03:45 UTC