A thousand people, according to police, were dressed in white gathered this morning, August 7 at Nice to honor the victims of the attack of 14 July which killed 85 people and wounded more than 400 others on the boardwalk English.
the rally, which was held from 11 am to noon at the bandstand of Albert 1st gardens, transformed into a memorial for the bombing was organized by individuals. He had received permission from the prefecture, unlike white march that was banned on 31 July. The security forces were present in numbers.
Most people were dressed in white and some wore white or white pink balloons. Organizers were first shelled the long list of names of the victims, “Silan, Selma, Saskia, Laura, Mikhola …”, aged two to 90 years. Songs were then sung, White paradise Michel Berger or Imagine by John Lennon, in Nice and the local anthem Nissa La Bella and finally La Marseillaise, before a minute’s applause and a minute of silence at gun noon.
“We wanted a citizen assembly, without the whistles (July 18, during the minute of silence in the presence of Manuel Valls, boos were heard, Ed), so that people can meditate and cry if they want, “said Jacques Agid, one of the organizers.
Some political as elected LR Pradal Philippe, Mayor of Nice and Eric Ciotti, president of the department, or German Patrick (PS) were present in a crowd where emotion was palpable.
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