French President Francois Hollande is calling for more resources for his country to prevent, let alone to fight the terrorism in its midst. He made the declaration while speaking at a special commemoration ceremony Monday dedicated to the victims of terror over the past two years in France.
Hollande noted that more than 230 people have been killed in terror attacks since the start of 2015. Hundreds more have been wounded and otherwise affected by the slaughter.
“We must ensure that the action taken is sustained, and here I am talking about all the measures taken to foresee attacks, deter them and stop them. It’s a constant battle and will need still more resources than those I have called for,” Hollande told those gathered.
Radical Islamic terrorists murdered 17 people in January 2015, including a number of Jews who were targeted at a kosher grocery store a few hours before the start of the Sabbath.
But 130 were slaughtered in a multi-site coordinated attack on Paris on November 13, 2015 that prompted the government to declare the country under emergency law.
This year, a lone wolf killer drove a truck into a crowd in the southern city of Nice during the country’s Bastille Day celebrations, leaving 86 dead and numerous others wounded. Other attacks included the murders of a police chief and his female partner, and the ritual murder of a priest on the altar of his own church by an Islamic State terrorist.