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'Nice attack could have been prevented': Bordeaux mayor
15 July 2016 10:42 BST
Thursday night's deadly attack in Nice could have been prevented if "all measures had been taken," the mayor of Bordeaux said on Friday.
Veteran politician Alain Juppe, who has served as Bordeaux mayor since 2006, told Europe 1 radio that France "must be vigilant at all times.
"We are perhaps the number 1 target for Islamic State," he said. There has as yet been no claim of responsibility for the attack.
Juppe said he believes that, "if all measures had been taken, the attack in Nice would not have happened".
Juppe also called for more stringent controls to be placed on school pupils in France, saying that teachers should be allowed to "sanction" pupils if they question "historical truths".
