Insufficient compensation, stalled investigation ... Three years after the drama of the Promenade des Anglais, the victims and their families are left to their own devices.
Three years after the attack in Nice, the city has planned to pay tribute to the victims this Sunday, July 14, 2019, with a religious ceremony and the illumination of the sky, 86 beams, from 22:34 pm Attack of 2016. Insufficient tribute for a number of families who feel abandoned by the state.
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This is the case of Christine, met by BFMTV and whose mother has been a widow since July 14 fatal. "I did not see myself putting her in an institute, and for me it's only natural that she stays with us and we're all together," says Christine, who had to quit her job and move to her home. to take care of his mother. "I knocked on all the doors and I did not receive any help from all the institutions", regrets this girl of victims, who nevertheless received indemnities from the Guarantee Fund (FGTI) of the victims of act of terrorism. Insufficient.
No lawsuit for terrorism?
Another object of dissatisfaction with families is the trial that could be held in a correctional court and not in a court of assizes, as is usually the case in cases involving terrorism. The author of the attack having been killed, the evidence would currently be insufficient against the eight people indicted, reports France Inter. On the other hand, although the attack was claimed by Daesh, no evidence of a direct link with the terrorist organization has since been found.
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A number of 150 civil parties will be received this summer by the investigating judges who are investigating the security measures deployed on the evening of July 14, 2016.
"Given the statements of various witnesses assisted and the protagonists, coupled with the results of expertise expected, it is certain that there will be indictments," said Jérémie Assous, lawyer of the victims association Promenade des Anges. The voluminous investigation opened in 2017 "points to a large number of irregularities and mistakes," says the lawyer.
The investigation tramples
Opened for "endangering the lives of others", the investigation has been broadened to include "homicide and unintentional injuries", which is more likely to lead to a trial.
"What is shameful is that the prosecution should have been behind all these requests, be an ally, a protector of the victims," accuses Me Assous, accusing Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Priest of "bad faith characterized in this file ":" We see that he is anything but independent ".
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The attack of Nice on the Promenade des Anglais July 14, 2016
Nice bombing: the strange "mentor" of the terrorist
The father of little Kylan, victim of the attack of Nice, is dead
Their son has been buried without his organs, a couple is suing the state
"I do not think it's a case that is more behind than that, in the sense that most of the investigations have been done." There have been people heard at the highest level of responsibility. stage where it is necessary to develop more the component victims ", answers Jean-Michel Prêtre.
Three years after the attack in Nice, the city has planned to pay tribute to the victims this Sunday, July 14, 2019, with a religious ceremony and the illumination of the sky, 86 beams, from 22:34 pm Attack of 2016. Insufficient tribute for a number of families who feel abandoned by the state.
READ ALSO >> Nice attack: the strange "mentor" of the terrorist
This is the case of Christine, met by BFMTV and whose mother has been a widow since July 14 fatal. "I did not see myself putting her in an institute, and for me it's only natural that she stays with us and we're all together," says Christine, who had to quit her job and move to her home. to take care of his mother. "I knocked on all the doors and I did not receive any help from all the institutions", regrets this girl of victims, who nevertheless received indemnities from the Guarantee Fund (FGTI) of the victims of act of terrorism. Insufficient.
No lawsuit for terrorism?
Another object of dissatisfaction with families is the trial that could be held in a correctional court and not in a court of assizes, as is usually the case in cases involving terrorism. The author of the attack having been killed, the evidence would currently be insufficient against the eight people indicted, reports France Inter. On the other hand, although the attack was claimed by Daesh, no evidence of a direct link with the terrorist organization has since been found.
READ ALSO >> The father of little Kylan, victim of the attack in Nice, is dead
A number of 150 civil parties will be received this summer by the investigating judges who are investigating the security measures deployed on the evening of July 14, 2016.
"Given the statements of various witnesses assisted and the protagonists, coupled with the results of expertise expected, it is certain that there will be indictments," said Jérémie Assous, lawyer of the victims association Promenade des Anges. The voluminous investigation opened in 2017 "points to a large number of irregularities and mistakes," says the lawyer.
The investigation tramples
Opened for "endangering the lives of others", the investigation has been broadened to include "homicide and unintentional injuries", which is more likely to lead to a trial.
"What is shameful is that the prosecution should have been behind all these requests, be an ally, a protector of the victims," accuses Me Assous, accusing Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Priest of "bad faith characterized in this file ":" We see that he is anything but independent ".
READ OUR FULL FILE
The attack of Nice on the Promenade des Anglais July 14, 2016
Nice bombing: the strange "mentor" of the terrorist
The father of little Kylan, victim of the attack of Nice, is dead
Their son has been buried without his organs, a couple is suing the state
"I do not think it's a case that is more behind than that, in the sense that most of the investigations have been done." There have been people heard at the highest level of responsibility. stage where it is necessary to develop more the component victims ", answers Jean-Michel Prêtre.