A terrorist attack was carried out in France’s Nice right after the French government had announced it was going to lift a state of emergency across the country, a political analyst told RT.
"Terrorists picked up a very particular moment. The attack came eight months after a state of emergency was imposed. The government announced it would lift it, and now the government is facing a dilemma. If the state of emergency is prolonged there will be a question: do we have a democracy? If it is lifted people won’t feel safe," political analyst Pierre Schweitzer said.
On July 14, 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel of Tunisian origin drove a truck through a crowd watching the Bastille Day fireworks, killing at least 84 and injuring over 100. President Francois Hollande described the incident as an "undeniable" terrorist attack.
A state of emergency was imposed across France after a series of terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015. On July 14, President Holland announced that it would not be extended. For the last time, the state of emergency was prolonged until July 26.
French police were not ready for the Bastille Day celebrations, Ricardo Baretzky, head of the European Centre for Information Policy and Security, told RT.
"They did their job as they could. But it’s obvious that security measures were insufficient at the celebrations. I think security services, police and intelligence have some problems with planning," Baretzky said.
