Following the murder of a priest by teenage Isiss upporters at a church in Normandy and the Nice attack, Manuel Valls, the Prime Minister said France was “at war” and predicted further atrocities.
“This war, which does not only concern France, will be long and we will see more attacks,” he added. “But we will win, because France has a strategy to win this war. First we must crush the external enemy”, Manuel Valls told Le Monde.
The French government has come under increasing criticism for failing to prevent atrocities, including the latest attack in Normandy.
Security services were tipped off that Abdel Malik Petitjean, 19, was planning an attack but police were reportedly unable to identify him from photos and a video showing him declaring allegiance to the so-called Islamic State. Petitjean and 19-year-old Adel Kermiche took six people hostage at a church in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray and slit the throat of its priest, Father Jacques Hamel, before being shot dead by police.
The French government is considering banning the foreign financing of mosques as it reshapes its counter-extremism strategy following a fresh wave of terror attacks. “There needs to be a thorough review to form a new relationship with French Islam,” he added.

Source: Independent.co.uk