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Paris, Sep 5 (EFE).- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez)Former French president François Hollande, whose time in office was marked by a series of deadly terrorist attacks across Paris in November 2015, has accepted an invitation to testify in the upcoming trial of those accused of involvement in the worst mass killings recorded in the European country’s recent history.INTERVIEW WITH FRANÇOIS HOLLANDE, FORMER PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.translation 1 (0: 12-1: 08): It was a quiet night, nothing suggested that he would end up shocked by the attacks. However, the threat level was high, France had already neutralized other attacks, but that day the level was no higher than on a normal day. The France-Germany (football) match (Hollande was in the Saint-Denis presidential box) was friendly, there is no particular passion, the public is calm. I hear the first explosion, I don't know if it's a firecracker, but it is only after the second that I realized that an attack is taking place outside the stadium (...)translation 2 (1: 19-1: 43): I am informed that on the terraces of various Paris establishments people were shot, wounded and killed by a terrorist commando, at that moment I understand that we are not under a selective attack, but it is an act of war prepared long ago translation 3 (1: 50-1: 55): It was the worst attack on French soil (since World War II).Translation 4 (1: 56-2: 28): The first, that of coordinating the secret services in Europe; and the second, considering that the terrorist commandos had gone to Syria, was the need to end the Islamic State (IS). And this is what France did by multiplying the bombings within the framework of the international coalition (against IS).translation 5 (2: 44-3: 05): Europe undoubtedly did not understand the importance of its citizens' travels to Syria and Iraq and (neglected) the possibility that they would return to attack their home countries.translation 6 (3: 19-3: 44): The only question I would ask (Abdeslam): Why kill? Why kill innocent people? Why did people who have nothing to do with the leaders of their country end up being victims of barbarism? In the name of what God can crimes against innocent poeple be committed? (...) I would ask her: did you know that your children had traveled to Syria and were linked to terrorist groups?
French President François Hollande, along with other members of the government and the opposition, including Nicolas Sarkozy, attended a national tribute to victims of terrorism. IMAGES of Hollande arriving for the ceremony
Footage courtesy fo @Harp-detective shows Crowds of people running away from the scene of an attack in Nice on Thursday, after a truck drove through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores others. The driver, a 31-year-old French citizen of Tunisian origin, was killed after police shot him through the windshield.
Security has been visibly stepped up across France on Friday, following the deadly attack in Nice the previous evening when a truck was driven through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, leaving at least 84 dead and around 100 injured. French President Francois Hollande announced the extension of the State of Emergency and the deployment of 10,000 additional police officers across the country.
Leaving his house in London on Friday morning the newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemned the fatal attacks in Nice on Thursday as "an absolutely appalling incident." Johnson added that he would be looking into any implications of the attack for the UK. A truck was driven into the Bastille Day crowds killing at least 84 on Thursday evening. The driver, a French citizen of Tunisian origin, was shot and killed by security forces at the scene. French President Francois Hollande has extended the State of Emergency.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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