Alfano’s spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a call for comment, and anti-terrorism police in Bari didn’t immediately respond to a request for confirmation.
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Internet searches on his computer included Islamic propaganda chants, the term “horrible deadly accidents”, and stories on the recent attacks against a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on police officers in Dallas, and the killing of two police officials in Magnanville, outside of Paris. July 17 A man and a woman close to Bouhlel were arrested in Nice early on Sunday.
He also took a selfie at the wheel of the truck in the days before the attack.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Bouhlel is believed to have undergone swift radicalization.
France was set to hold a minute’s silence on Monday to honour the 84 victims of the Nice truck attack, but a period of national mourning was overshadowed by bickering politicians.
French movie theaters have withdrawn the action film “Bastille Day” from their schedules in the wake of last Thursday’s massacre in Nice that killed at least 84 people. The uncle, who still lives in the killer’s hometown of Msaken, Tunisia, said the ISIS operative “found in Mohamed an easy prey for recruitment”. The victims are both residents of Nice as well as tourists, including two Americans – a father and his 11-year-old son who were visiting from Texas.
Hartley said to her knowledge there were no Americans among the missing anymore. She declined to discuss the injuries saying that the family wants to protect Stratton’s privacy.
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. “Quite the opposite. We should be uniting together and defending the country”, said Boubekeur Bekri, adding that “a crime is a crime” regardless of faith.
Revellers had been watching a fireworks display when they were attacked on Bastille Day – a national holiday that celebrates the start of the French revolution in 1789.
In a France 2 TV interview Friday evening, Prime Minister Manuel Valls insisted there was no breakdown in security and lashed out at critics for playing politics. Buildings stood silent across the country. But, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel did not make a public pledge of allegiance to IS and had to evident logistical help from the organization. Bouhlel’s estranged wife remains in police custody.
“The large Recollets family has just lost one of its own”, the school said.
The uncle said he had learned about the Algerian’s involvement from relatives who live in Nice. “The attack there may have more of an impact than the Paris attacks because people may now be thinking, ‘where can I go to relax and be safe?'” He said that the pattern of repeated attacks could eventually prompt people to change their behavior, if they fear the government is unable to protect them.
Mr Hollande’s Socialist government has been under heavy criticism from the right for its response to the slew of extremist attacks.
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Amid the now familiar outpouring of grief and tweets insisting “love will win”, anger is now starting to break through, as France suffers its twelfth attack in 18 months.
