French truck killer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel had help to prepare his Bastille Day attack by five suspects who are now in custody, prosecutor Francois Molins said today. 
 
Molins said the four men and a women were &quot;involved in the preparation&quot; of the attack, which had been planned months in advance. 
 
More than 400 investigators have been poring over evidence since the July 14 attack in which Bouhlel rammed a truck into crowds on the Nice promenade, leaving 84 dead and over 300 injured.&nbsp;Molins said that one of the suspects had filmed the scene of the crime the day after the carnage, as it crawled with police and journalists. 
 
The five suspects will be presented to anti-terrorism judges later today, and Molins said prosecutors had requested they be charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism, among other crimes. 
 
(AFP)

Prosecutor Molins says four men and a woman were 'involved in the preparation' of the attack, which had been planned months in advance

French truck killer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel had help to prepare his Bastille Day attack by five suspects who are now in custody, prosecutor Francois Molins said today. Molins said the four men and a women were "involved in the preparation" of the attack, which had been planned months in advance. More than 400 investigators have been poring over evidence since the July 14 attack in which Bouhlel rammed a truck into crowds on the Nice promenade, leaving 84 dead and over 300 injured. Molins said that one of the suspects had filmed the scene of the crime the day after the carnage, as it crawled with police and journalists. The five suspects will be presented to anti-terrorism judges later today, and Molins said prosecutors had requested they be charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism, among other crimes. (AFP)

French truck attacker had accomplices and support: Prosecutor

An attacker who drove a heavy truck into crowds in the French city of Nice killing at least 84 came from the Tunisian town of Msaken which he last visited four years ago, Tunisian security sources said today.

The man, identified by French police sources as 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, was not known by the Tunisian authorities to hold radical or Islamist views, the sources said.

Bouhlel was married and&nbsp;had three children, they said. The sources did not say when he had last been resident in Tunisia.

Msaken is about 10 km outside the coastal city of Sousse.

Tunisia&#39;s consul in Nice said one of the 84 victims of the attack had been identified as Tunisian national, Bilal Labawi,&nbsp;and that officials were working to check for other Tunisian nationals among the casualties, state news agency TAP reported.

The Tunisian government issued a statement condemning the attack &quot;in the strongest possible terms&quot;.

&quot;Tunisia stands by France in its fight against terrorism and supports any measure taken by the French government to protect its territory and the security of its citizens and visitors,&quot; the statement said.

Like France, Tunisia has also suffered badly from militant Islamist attacks in recent years. On June 23, 2015, a gunman killed 38, mostly British holidaymakers, on a beach in Sousse, in an attack that dealt a heavy blow to its tourism industry, which accounts for 8 per&nbsp;cent of national output. 
 
(Reuters)

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was married, with three children. He was not known by Tunisian authorities to hold radical or Islamist views

An attacker who drove a heavy truck into crowds in the French city of Nice killing at least 84 came from the Tunisian town of Msaken which he last visited four years ago, Tunisian security sources said today. The man, identified by French police sources as 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, was not known by the Tunisian authorities to hold radical or Islamist views, the sources said. Bouhlel was married and had three children, they said. The sources did not say when he had last been resident in Tunisia. Msaken is about 10 km outside the coastal city of Sousse. Tunisia's consul in Nice said one of the 84 victims of the attack had been identified as Tunisian national, Bilal Labawi, and that officials were working to check for other Tunisian nationals among the casualties, state news agency TAP reported. The Tunisian government issued a statement condemning the attack "in the strongest possible terms". "Tunisia stands by France in its fight against terrorism and supports any measure taken by the French government to protect its territory and the security of its citizens and visitors," the statement said. Like France, Tunisia has also suffered badly from militant Islamist attacks in recent years. On June 23, 2015, a gunman killed 38, mostly British holidaymakers, on a beach in Sousse, in an attack that dealt a heavy blow to its tourism industry, which accounts for 8 per cent of national output. (Reuters)

Nice truck attacker was from Tunisian town of Msaken

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French truck attacker had accomplices and support: Prosecutor

Nice truck attacker was from Tunisian town of Msaken