But neighbors in the Nice neighborhood where the Bouhlel used to live told The Associated Press his estranged wife had been taken away by police on Friday.
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His identity papers and a bank card were found in the truck and his identity had been confirmed by fingerprints, he said.
Warning that the victim count was still preliminary, Molins said that among the 84 dead, 10 were children or adolescents.
The Queen added her voice to the wave of sympathy from leaders across the world as the country faced another terrorist attack, following those in Paris in November, in which 130 died, and in January 2015 in which 17 were killed.
Assan Toihri operates a drink stand on the promenade where the Lahouaiej-Bouhlel’s two-kilometre deadly rampage through the crowd watching the Bastille Day fireworks was brought to a halt and he was shot and killed.
Molins said the attack “fits very well in the context of the cause made by the terrorist organizations in various videos and messages”.
“The claim on Saturday morning by Islamic State and the fast radicalization of the killer confirms the Islamist nature of this attack”.
Via his spokesman, Hollande said that in the face of “these attempts to divide the country. we should remember the unity and cohesion of the country around our values”.
A delivery truck driver, Lahouaiej Bouhlel was married and had children.
The arrests, which came on top of two others since the killing including the attacker’s wife, concerned his “close entourage”, police sources said.
He was known to police and judicial services for threats and violence committed between 2010 and 2016.
“On the other hand, he was totally unknown to intelligence services, nationally and locally, and was never flagged for signs of radicalisation”, he added.
The truck was rented on July 11, and Lahouaiej Bouhlel arrived alone by bicycle to pick it up from where it was parked.
Earlier on Friday, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls declared three days of national mourning beginning Saturday for the victims.
Chief prosecutor Francois Molins said police risked their own lives trying to stop the lorry as it travelled more than a mile along the promenade.
Valls said he was “convinced” that France would win the war against terrorism and radical Islam but warned that the fight would be protracted. France has contributed to airstrikes in both countries, targeting the Islamic State group. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for “murder and attempted murder in an organized group linked to a terrorist enterprise”.
Hollande said it was not clear whether the driver had accomplices.
In the film – which was released in just over 200 theaters across the country on Wednesday – Idris Elba plays a Central Intelligence Agency agent who must partner with a small-time thief to stop a terrorist bombing on the French holiday of Bastille Day. He said France would strengthen its roles in Syria and Iraq.
“We are used to treating lots of children, what has been hard to manage is the psychological aspect”, Simpson said.
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Since his son moved to France, news from him was rare and he had not seen his son for four years.
