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Attack on Nice: French PM Valls booed at commemoration | |
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has been booed as he attended a minute's silence in Nice, where an attacker in a lorry killed 84 people on Thursday. | |
Hecklers shouted out "murderer" and "resign" at him before the minute's silence, held across the nation. | |
Earlier, centre-right opposition leader Nicolas Sarkozy accused the government of failing to provide security. | Earlier, centre-right opposition leader Nicolas Sarkozy accused the government of failing to provide security. |
Troops are to be redeployed to tourist spots as inquiries continue into the killer's possible links to jihadists. | Troops are to be redeployed to tourist spots as inquiries continue into the killer's possible links to jihadists. |
Mr Sarkozy, a former president, called for any foreign nationals with links to radical Islam to be expelled from France. | Mr Sarkozy, a former president, called for any foreign nationals with links to radical Islam to be expelled from France. |
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the investigation had not yet found evidence linking attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel to terrorist networks. | Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the investigation had not yet found evidence linking attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel to terrorist networks. |
The authorities say Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian living in Nice, became radicalised only recently. | The authorities say Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian living in Nice, became radicalised only recently. |
While the so-called Islamic State (IS) group claimed the attack, Lahouaiej-Bouhlel may not necessarily have coordinated it with a larger network, Mr Cazeneuve said. | While the so-called Islamic State (IS) group claimed the attack, Lahouaiej-Bouhlel may not necessarily have coordinated it with a larger network, Mr Cazeneuve said. |
Many of the dead and injured were children watching a Bastille Day fireworks display with their families. | Many of the dead and injured were children watching a Bastille Day fireworks display with their families. |
Dozens of people remain in hospital after the attack. | Dozens of people remain in hospital after the attack. |
'Rapid radicalisation' | 'Rapid radicalisation' |
Neighbours have described Bouhlel as a violent loner who liked to drink, lift weights and go salsa dancing. | |
Mr Valls has suggested the killer may have been radicalised too quickly to trigger the authorities' attention. | Mr Valls has suggested the killer may have been radicalised too quickly to trigger the authorities' attention. |
He was shot dead by police when his vehicle's path along the Promenade des Anglais was eventually halted. | He was shot dead by police when his vehicle's path along the Promenade des Anglais was eventually halted. |
French media say he researched the route in the days before the attack. | French media say he researched the route in the days before the attack. |
Lahouaiej-Bouhlel reportedly drove through the seafront promenade area of Nice on Tuesday and Wednesday in preparation. | Lahouaiej-Bouhlel reportedly drove through the seafront promenade area of Nice on Tuesday and Wednesday in preparation. |
Tunisian security sources have told the BBC he visited Tunisia frequently, most recently eight months ago. | Tunisian security sources have told the BBC he visited Tunisia frequently, most recently eight months ago. |
IS said the attacker was acting in response to its calls to target civilians in countries that are part of the coalition ranged against it. | IS said the attacker was acting in response to its calls to target civilians in countries that are part of the coalition ranged against it. |
Six people are being held in connection with the killings. | Six people are being held in connection with the killings. |
The latest arrests, of an Albanian couple who have not been identified, were on Sunday morning, French judicial sources say. | The latest arrests, of an Albanian couple who have not been identified, were on Sunday morning, French judicial sources say. |
Lahouaiej-Bouhlel's estranged wife, who was detained on Friday, was released on Sunday. | Lahouaiej-Bouhlel's estranged wife, who was detained on Friday, was released on Sunday. |