On the question of the security system in place during the attack on the Promenade des Anglais in 2016, the will of the prosecution "
is to go to the end of the investigations
", assured Wednesday, October 19 the prosecutor of Nice in an interview with
Nice-Morning
.
While the trial of this attack continues until December before the Special Assize Court of Paris, a judicial investigation has been open since 2017 on the security system in place on July 14, 2016 in Nice, when Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, driving a truck, drove into the crowd, killing 86 people and injuring more than 450.
"Special" offense
Asked about the civil parties' request for a second trial due to possible security flaws, prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme clarified that the investigation "
is in the hands of two investigating magistrates and not the prosecution
": "
I don't I have no control over the investigations
”, he continued, insisting on the fact that “
the file is still in progress
”.
But "
the will of the Nice public prosecutor's office is to go to the end of the investigations
", underlined Xavier Bonhomme, specifying that the object of this second file is the offense of "
endangering others by manifestly deliberate violation of the obligations security
”.
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For the prosecutor, it is a "
particular
" offense in which it must be demonstrated that "
endangerment has been committed, attributable to perpetrators, with an immediate risk of death
".
"
We must therefore demonstrate a voluntary behavior of one or more people, who are aware of the risk by not taking the necessary measures, while knowing that damage could occur and that the probability was high
", he said. explained again.
"No relaxation"
At the trial, which has been taking place since September 5, several civil party lawyers questioned former head of state François Hollande last week on a possible relaxation of vigilance after the Euro-2016 football tournament, which had just end on July 10, just before the attack.
"
There was no relaxation
" in the fight against the terrorist threat before the attack in Nice, had assured François Hollande.
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"
All the forces on the ground have been maintained
" and the vigilance instructions to the municipalities reiterated during the festivities of July 14, said François Hollande.
On Thursday, it will be the turn of Christian Estrosi, current mayor of Nice and first security deputy in July 2016, and Philippe Pradal, then mayor of Nice and now deputy, to be heard by the Special Assize Court.