Grief Turns to Anger in France in Wake of Nice Attack

Jul 18, 2016, 10:56 AM

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The letter to French President François Hollande was filled with seething anger—as well as a premonition that something ghastly might happen on the French Riviera.

In a four-page missive dated July 13, the region's president and former mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi warned Hollande that the police force was ill-equipped to deal with terror threats, and less well-armed than would-be attackers.