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Friday, July 15, 2016

The coup in Nice: Who was the aggressor? “Quiet,” “loner”, the father of three children – Gazeta Wyborcza

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Likely culprit attack in Nice was born in Tunisia (Sasha Goldsmith / AP / AP)

The perpetrator of attack in Nice, which on Thursday evening rammed the crowd on the promenade and killed 84 people, was born in Tunisia - announced on Friday a source in the Tunisian security services. As added, the man was not known to them with radical views.

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31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel came from the town Msaken in Tunisia. According to the Tunisian service man she was married and had three children. Hometown visited for the last time four years ago. It is not known exactly when he left Tunisia for good.

According to neighbors in France Bouhlel was a man of quiet. They describe him as a loner who is not enthusiastic in addressed to him greetings and salutations, but gave the impression of a religious person. Approx. hours. Tunisian 9.30 in the apartment in the eastern part of Nice began searching. In the afternoon, was informed that the arrested was the former wife bomber.

Bouhlel was known to French police, but mostly with minor crimes. It was not suspected that it has been radicalized, and therefore was not recorded by the police anti-terrorist.

In the truck cab, which drove the crowd on the promenade, we found documents Bouhlela, as well as automatic pistol, a dummy gun and two dummy rifles Kalashnikov.

The Attorney General François Molins said that Bouhlel at the beginning of 2016. Was convicted for the violence. He received a suspended sentence. Now the investigation is to determine how the perpetrator obtained the weapons and truck if he had accomplices, and whether it was related organizations Islamist.

- No organization not yet claimed responsibility for the bombing, but we know that terrorist organizations before calling for such attacks - said Molins.

Residents of Nice and tourists gathered on Thursday evening on the promenade to watch the fireworks on the occasion of Bastille Day. At one point, the crowd entered speeding truck. She managed to drive in this way, 2 km. 84 people were killed, 188 people injured. Approx. 50 of them in serious condition in intensive care stays and fights for his life.

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