FRANCE   –   The local authorities in Nice have refused a request by French anti-terror police to destroy CCTV images of last week’s lorry attack.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said the request had been made to avoid the “uncontrolled dissemination” of images. But officials in Nice have responded by filing a legal document, arguing the footage could constitute evidence.

It is the latest evidence of a growing dispute between the local and national authorities in the wake of the attack. More than 80 people died when a Tunisian man, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, ploughed a lorry into crowds out celebrating Bastille Day on 14 July.(BBC.COM/photo:Reuters)…[+]