Tackling France’s terror threat - is a security overhaul needed after tenth attack on French soil?

The tenth attack on home soil has moved French authorities to consider a major security overhaul, writes Aki Peritz

Tackling France’s terror threat - is a security overhaul needed after tenth attack on French soil?

The horrifying truck attack in Nice that killed at least 84 people is the 10th strike in the country since the beginning of 2015. The French government is now considering a complete overhaul of its intelligence agencies to address this persistent threat.

A French parliamentary commission released a report last week that recommended the government fuse all its security services into one large national anti-terrorism agency.

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