Inspections of Bouhlel’s computer and phone revealed brutal images “linked to radical Islam” and he had a “clear, recent interest” in radicalism, Molins said at a news conference, according to Agence France Presse.
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With France into its third day of national mourning, information about driver Bouhlel continues to emerge.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined a chorus of officials defending themselves against the charges, and made a public show of support for Mr Cazeneuve, in whom he said he has full trust.
At least 84 people and more than 200 others were injured when Mohamed Bouhlel sped a truck along Nice’s seafront mowing down everything in its path.
But the Socialists have said they will draw the line at some of the opposition’s more controversial demands.
Tunisia “forcefully” condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with France against the “scourge of terrorism”.
People who went to the same gym as Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, described him as “conceited” and someone who “would flirt with anything that moved”.
Brigitte Bastrenta holds a sign in French reading “Nous Sommes – Tous Nicois!”
No links found between attacker and Islamic State, despite IS claim of responsibility.
“He carried out the operation in response to calls to target nationals of states that are part of the coalition fighting Islamic State”. Valls said only that authorities “now know that the killer radicalized very quickly”.
“We are now confronted with individuals open to IS’s message to engage in extremely violent actions without necessarily having been trained or having the weapons to carry out a mass (casualty) attack”.
France imposed emergency rule after the November 13 attacks in which Islamist militants killed 130 people in Paris, giving the police powers to search homes and place people under immediate house arrest without advance clearance from judges.
The update on the investigation came as French officials rushed to defend the government’s security measures amid criticism following the attack. Pained and outraged epitaphs have been written in blue maker on stones placed where police shot him dead.
So far 35 bodies have been identified, and 12 more are due to be presented to families on Monday, said the secretary of state in charge of help for victims, Juliette Meadel.
The first compensation payouts to victims under a French government scheme will begin next week, minister Juliette Meadel told AFP Saturday.
Health Minister Marisol Touraine said Sunday 85 people are still hospitalized after the attack, 18 of them in critical condition.
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The uncle of the lorry driver who killed 84 people on the French Riviera says his nephew was indoctrinated about two weeks ago by an Algerian member of ISIL in Nice.
