French PM warns of further terrorist attacks in the country
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has called on his nation to "learn to live with the threat" after last week’s deadly terrorist attack in Nice.
"Even if these words are hard to say, it's my duty to do so: There will be other attacks and there will be other innocent people killed," said Valls while addressing a parliament debate on extending the country’s state of emergency on Tuesday.
"We must not become accustomed, but learn to live with this menace," he added.
Earlier, President Francois Hollande announced his willingness to extend the state of emergency for another six months.
He also called on European states to make defense their absolute priority.
"We are up against challenges and that of terrorism is without doubt one of the largest ones,” he said during a trip to Portugal.
On Monday, Valls was booed and jeered by thousands of mourners attending a memorial service for the victims attack.
On Thursday night, a truck driver plowed through a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, killing 84 people and wounding 200 others.
The 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian assailant, who was later shot dead by police, was identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel.
The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group later claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in Nice. But, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said that no direct evidence has been found to link the attacker to the terrorists.
The European country has been in a state of emergency since last November, when assailants struck at least six different venues in and around the capital, Paris, leaving 130 people dead and over 350 others injured. Daesh claimed responsibility for the horrendous assaults.
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