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| Nice terror attack: Lorry driver had help planning massacre, Paris prosecutors say | Nice terror attack: Lorry driver had help planning massacre, Paris prosecutors say |
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| The lorry driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and had been plotting his attack for months, according to the prosecutor leading the anti-terror investigation. | |
| Prosecutor Francois Molins confirmed five suspects were facing preliminary terrorism charges for their alleged roles in helping driver Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel. | |
| In a judicial inquiry which opened on Wednesday, Mr Molins said information from Mr Bouhlel's phone showed searches and photos that indicated he had been preparing an attack since 2015. | |
| Mr Bouhlel, 31, was shot dead by police at the scene on Thursday evening, but the five suspects are currently in custody. | |
| Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which Mr Bouhlel drove a lorry into crowds of people gathered on the Promenade Des Anglais in the French city for Bastille Day celebrations on 14 July. | Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack, in which Mr Bouhlel drove a lorry into crowds of people gathered on the Promenade Des Anglais in the French city for Bastille Day celebrations on 14 July. |
| More than 200 people were injured after Mr Bouhlel drove more than one mile in the 19-tonne hired truck, sending hundreds fleeing for their lives. | |