Sandra Bertin (R), chief of the municipal police supervision centre in Nice, attends a ceremony by municipal Police to pay tribute to the 84 people victims of the truck attack in Nice, France, July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet
PARIS (Reuters) - France's government closed ranks around Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Monday and accused conservative opponents of fanning allegations that his office sought to alter a report into policing on the night of the deadly Nice attack.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he had full confidence in Cazeneuve, who on Sunday dismissed an assertion by the head of Nice's video surveillance that ministry staff pressured her to indicate the presence of national police force officers at certain sites where the attack unfurled.
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