A man standing nearby said “Never here”.
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He was unknown to French intelligence services although he had been in trouble with the police for threatening behaviour, violence and petty theft.
Isis has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Tensions are running high over the French government’s handling of security in the country when it was revealed Mr Estrosi request for more security at the event was denied despite France being in a state of emergency stemming from the Paris attacks in November.
A man and a woman were arrested on Sunday, and another five people including his estranged wife were still in custody.
As in the Orlando, Florida attack in June, the Nice attacker appears to have been “wrestling with identity issues and personal crises”, as The Christian Science Monitor reported on Friday.
Two more people have been arrested over the Nice terror attack that left 84 people dead on Thursday.
While previous attacks saw grand displays of national unity, there was no semblance of cohesion after the Nice massacre, with Sarkozy joining a long line of opposition politicians who have accused the government of not doing enough to protect the French.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said only 35 bodies have been definitively identified so far.
The video shows crowds, including families pushing prams, happily enjoying live music on the Promenade des Anglais, with hundreds of people walking through the streets.
She said Stratton can not speak and does not remember the attack, “which is better”.
Cook, who was traveling in Europe and came to Nice to assist Stratton, said a French man aided Stratton in the critical period after the attack.
“I want to call on all French patriots who wish to do so, to join this operational reserve”, said the interior minister.
Meanwhile, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was booed today as he visited Nice in the aftermath of the attack.
The promenade and adjoining beaches were reopened Saturday, creating an incongruous atmosphere mixing beachgoers frolicking in the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean and mourners paying silent tribute to the victims on the nearby promenade.
At least 10 children were among the dead as well as tourists from the United States, Ukraine, Switzerland, Germany and about 10 people from Russia, a local Russian association said. The Islamist militant group claimed the attack though, and Valls said there was no doubting the assailant’s motives. Buildings stood silent across the country.
It remains unclear whether there was any direct connection between the French-Tunisian attacker and the terrorist group.
Bouhlel’s rapid radicalization has puzzled investigators.
One witness told detectives that during a discussion about portrayals of Islamic State decapitations online, Lahouaiej-Bouhlel had replied: “I am used to that”, Molins said.
“Mohamed didn’t pray, didn’t go to the mosque and ate pork”, said Sadok Bouhlel, a 69-year-old retired teacher, in the driver’s hometown of Msaken, Tunisia.
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Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Saturday that the father-of-three, who had been living in Nice for years, “seemed to have been radicalised very quickly, from what his friends and family” told police.
