French President Francois Hollande led a nationwide minute of silence at a ceremony in Paris on Monday (July 18), on the third day of national mourning to pay tribute to victims of the Nice truck attack.
A minute of silence was also held at the French capital's Place de la Republique, where visitors have been laying flowers and lighting candles.
Thursday's attack, in which delivery man Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel plowed a 19-tonne truck into crowds of revelers, killing 84, has plunged France back into a state of grief, fear, and now political recrimination.
"I came here on my own initiative this afternoon to have a moment of unity, which is really missing in our country at the moment, as the politicians take it out on others and pass the buck to each other," said Guillaume, who attended the ceremony in Place de la Republique.
Confidence in the capacity of Hollande's government to combat terrorism has plummeted in the wake of the attack an opinion poll published on Monday suggested.
The poll published in Le Figaro newspaper showed 33 percent of respondents were confident in the current leadership's ability to meet the challenge, down sharply from ratings of 50 percent upwards in the wake of two major attacks last year.
