Truck attack in Nice: No national police present, French government admits

‘After critical newspaper reports, France’s interior minister has acknowledged there was no national police presence at the entrance to Nice’s main walkway during the Bastille Day truck attack, backtracking on previous statements.
The entrance through which Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove his truck before going on a rampage that claimed 84 lives was guarded only by the municipal police, who are more lightly armed, Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement.
The acknowledgement came after several critical reports in the French media, which said there were serious security lapses in Nice despite France being on alert in the wake of last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris.’
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