Mohamed Bouhlel identified as French-Tunisian man behind Nice massacre
July 15, 2016 15:03
The man who killed more than 84 people with a truck in Nice has been locally identified, reports the Indepdent. The driver of the truck was 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, according to newspaper Nice-Matin which cited local sources.
Police had previously said that they had formally identified the man, after finding ID cards in the truck he used to kill 84 people on Thursday night, during Nice's Bastille Day celebrations. He had been shot by police at the end of the attack.
The attack appears to have been premeditated, the local paper said, citing police sources. The man might have hired the truck on Wednesday in a town near Nice, it reported.
Image: A man walks through debris scatterd on the street after the attack in Nice. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Police had previously said that they had formally identified the man, after finding ID cards in the truck he used to kill 84 people on Thursday night, during Nice's Bastille Day celebrations. He had been shot by police at the end of the attack.
The attack appears to have been premeditated, the local paper said, citing police sources. The man might have hired the truck on Wednesday in a town near Nice, it reported.
Image: A man walks through debris scatterd on the street after the attack in Nice. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
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