“Unfortunately, because of the tragedy we had to shorten the presence in Portugal of the President of the French Republic, which will have meetings with the President and then with the prime minister, but will be a number of hours very lower than what was thought, which is understandable under the funeral in France and the situation lived in that friendly country, “said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa about the coming of François Hollande.
on the sidelines of the inauguration of monument centenary of the Portuguese military aviation in Vila Nova da Rainha, Azambuja, the President stated that “the festive events were canceled, including meetings with the French community, a dinner, the presence of the French Lycée students, all was canceled to observe the very mourning the situation. “
on Thursday evening, a truck ran over two kilometers on a crowd on the Promenade des Anglais (Promenade des Anglais), in Nice, which was watch the fire fireworks to celebrate the day of France.
the latest balance sheet of the French authorities points to 84 dead and 202 injured. At least one Portuguese citizen was injured in the attack, confirmed the Government. The truck driver was shot down by the police.
The French authorities considered to be facing an attack and the President of France, François Hollande, announced the extension for another three months a state of emergency in force in the country since last year. The extremist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
HPG // SMA
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