Since September, they have been seven in the box or on the bench of the defendants at the Paris courthouse. But in the special assize court responsible for judging the Nice attack, ghosts also float. That, omnipresent, of the truck driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who, after the fireworks of July 14, 2016, massacred 86 spectators. But also that of the State, represented by its president at the time. Did he make a mistake by not sufficiently anticipating the threat? And the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office? Did he fail in the treatment of the victims?
This Monday, the special room which already hosted the trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 seems to replay a scene already seen. “Hollande is my name, François my first name, I am a former President of the Republic”, begins the former head of state, cited by the civil parties.
“A failure, but collective”
Laurent Raviot, the president of the court, warns. These assizes are not intended to seek breaches but to judge the accused. “But we can’t help but ask ourselves questions”, he adds. Strangely, he only asks one. “In retrospect, do you feel like you missed something in terms of risk prevention?”
François Hollande defends himself. “The individual who committed this horrible act was not on file S. It is everywhere that we had to
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