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| Nice attack killer: Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel identified as terrorist behind Bastille Day massacre | |
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| The man who killed more than 80 people with a truck in Nice has been locally identified. | The man who killed more than 80 people with a truck in Nice has been locally identified. |
| The driver of the lorry was 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, according to newspaper Nice-Matin which cited local sources, who is from Nice. | The driver of the lorry was 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, according to newspaper Nice-Matin which cited local sources, who is from Nice. |
| Police had previously said that they had formally identified the man, after finding ID papers and a phone 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. | Police had previously said that they had formally identified the man, after finding ID papers and a phone 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, and CCTV him picking up the vehicle in the hills outside the city. | 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, and CCTV him picking up the vehicle in the hills outside the city. |
| Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel worked as a delivery driver, and though he was known to police because of petty crime, was not suspected to have been radicalised and did not have a file with the anti-terrorism police. | Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel worked as a delivery driver, and though he was known to police because of petty crime, was not suspected to have been radicalised and did not have a file with the anti-terrorism police. |
| The man was described as a loner who wasn't especially religious, in local newspaper reports. | |
| Investigators are still looking to find whether the man was working with accomplices. | Investigators are still looking to find whether the man was working with accomplices. |
| He had been a father for three years, Nice-Matin reported. Relatives are being questioned by police, it also said. | He had been a father for three years, Nice-Matin reported. Relatives are being questioned by police, it also said. |