Religious leaders have gathered in Nice for an interfaith service to pray for the victims of the Bastille Day terror attack, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the atrocity that killed 86 people and injured more than 400. President Emmanuel Macron is due to lead the main memorial ceremony later on Tuesday, while a minute's silence will be observed before France's World Cup semi-final against Spain.
Issued on: 14/07/2026 - 12:12
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Religious leaders representing France's Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, Protestant and Buddhist faithful led a service at Villa Masséna in the Riviera city on Monday, in memory of the 86 people killed 10 years ago during a terror attack on Nice's beachfront. "We pray for the bereaved families, for those wounded in body and in spirit, and for all those who still bear the scars of that night," said Protestant pastor Paolo Morlachetti. "May peace be with everyone," said Sheikh Khaled Bentounes, representing the city's Muslim community. The ceremony, attended by victims and their families as well as government representatives, opened with the reading of the names of all 86 victims, 15 of whom were children and teenagers. The youngest was two years old and the oldest 79. It concluded with the symbolic lighting of 86 candles.
