Residents of France refused to believe in the ability of the authorities to protect them from terrorist attacks after a series of attacks perpetrated by Islamists in the country. The newspaper Figaro writes about this with reference to the survey of the Odoxa Sociological Service.
So, only 26 percent of the French said they were still confident in their safety. At the same time, it is noted that in October, the government's credibility on the issue of protection against terrorism fell sharply by 18 percentage points.
In a poll completed a week before the Nice bombing, 57 percent of participants said there was insufficient police presence at churches and other places of worship.
On October 16, in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Saint-Honorine, an 18-year-old terrorist killed a school history teacher, Samuel Pati, who showed students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. During the national farewell ceremony for the teacher, French President Emmanuel Macron said the country will continue to defend freedom of speech and will not give up cartoons.
On the morning of October 29, a man attacked people with a knife at the Notre Dame church in Nice, killing three people. The mayor of the city said that the attacker did not stop repeating “Allahu Akbar”. Following the nationwide attacks, the Vigipirate counterterrorism plan was put in place at the highest possible level.
