Former head of state Francois Hollande and his interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve will testify on October 10 at the 2016 Nice attack trial, the court’s president announced on Tuesday, September 6. François Hollande and Bernard Cazeneuve, who were cited by the civil party lawyer, are due to testify in the afternoon.
On the morning of October 10, the court will hear the Chief Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation, Francois Molin, one of France’s top magistrates, who has also been summoned to the court by the lawyer for the civil side. François Hollande, Bernard Cazeneuve and François Molin had already testified in the special courtroom during the November 13 terror trial. The former president especially defended “France’s commitment to the fight against Islamist terrorism in Mali, Iraq and Syria“, specifically against the “Islamic State” (IS) organization.
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IS has claimed responsibility for the Nice attack, it has been claimedopportunistaccording to investigators. No direct link has been found between Mohamed Lahouaiej-Boulel, the lorry driver who was killed on the English promenade on the evening of July 14, 2016, and the jihadist group. “Even if we were afraid of them, we were not prepared for attacks of such magnitude“, in turn, Paris prosecutor Francois Molin testified at the time of the attack.
The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrozi, as well as Philippe Pradal, who held these functions at the time of the facts, will be heard on October 20, Laurent Ravio said. These two hearings were not scheduled until now. The two politicians will be heard under the discretionary authority of the president of the special court, and therefore will not have to take an oath.
Source: Le Figaro
