- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

French Prime Minister Booed At During Remembrance Ceremony in Nice

© AP Photo / Francois MoriPeople boo French prime minister Manuel Valls, center, and Health Minister Marisol Touraine, left, after a minute of silence on the famed Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France, to honor the victims of an attack near the area where a truck mowed through revelers, Monday, July 18, 2016.
People boo French prime minister Manuel Valls, center, and Health Minister Marisol Touraine, left, after a minute of silence on the famed Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France, to honor the victims of an attack near the area where a truck mowed through revelers, Monday, July 18, 2016. - Sputnik International
Subscribe
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was booed and whistled at by a crowd during a memorial ceremony in the southern resort city of Nice, local media reported Monday.

A French flag flies among the crowd as people applaud in front of the Monument du Centenaire during a minute of silence on the third day of national mourning to pay tribute to victims of the truck attack along the Promenade des Anglais on Bastille Day that killed scores and injured as many in Nice, France, July 18, 2016. - Sputnik International
Over 40,000 People Gather in Nice to Mourn Victims of Recent Terror Attack
PARIS (Sputnik) — Tens of thousands gathered on the Promenade des Anglais to pay tribute to 84 people who were killed last Thursday. An Islamist gunman drove a heavy truck through a crowd marking the Bastille Day at the city's most popular venue.

"The anger of the French, their fear and despair are for me to bear…This is true, primarily, for responsible policy-makers…The whistles, the insults are out of place at a remembrance ceremony that pays tribute to the victims," Valls said, as quoted by Nice Martin newspaper.

A third day of mourning for those killed in the Nice massacre began in France on Monday. This week, the French parliament will consider a bill extending the state of emergency for three more months after the nation has been on high alert since Paris attacks last November.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала