The national tribute to the three victims of the attack committed on October 29 in the basilica of Nice took place on Saturday.

Prime Minister Jean Castex expressed his "emotion", "compassion" and "indignation".

Prime Minister Jean Castex on Saturday expressed his "emotion", "compassion" and "indignation" during the national tribute to the three victims of the attack committed on October 29 in the basilica of Nice.

"It is France which is targeted every time and is the target of terrorism but Nice will have paid a heavy price", declared the Prime Minister, referring to this attack, and the one which had made 86 dead on the Promenade des Anglais on July 14, 2016. 

"I have come to bring the condolences of the whole nation" to the families of the victims, he added, during the ceremony organized on the heights of the city, at Castle Hill.