Herve Do Alto

And that was how the horror came to my doorstep. To tell you the truth, like many people who live in the provinces 鈥 a somewhat disparaging term used to refer to the rest of France that exists outside of Paris and its surrounds 鈥 I thought terrorist attacks were mainly a concern for those in the capital. On July 14, this certainty was blown apart by the sad and harsh reality: 84 people of various nationality and beliefs, among them dozens of children, died due to the actions of a lunatic on the Promenade des Anglais, the 鈥淢alecon鈥 of the city of Nice, in the south-east of France.