The attacks resulted in the deaths of 130 people.
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Separately, the Islamic State’s al-Bayan radio station said Bouhlel used “a new tactic” to wreak havoc.
The more emotional in the crowd refused to let crews remove the trash until police wearing bullet-proof vests arrived and cooled tensions.
The final section of the Promenade des Anglais is scheduled to reopen to traffic on Tuesday morning, following three days of official mourning.
Yellow flowers are laid next to blood stains on the attack scene at the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, July 16, 2016. Officials in Italy didn’t immediately respond to requests for confirmation.
Germany’s foreign minister says two students and a teacher from a school in Berlin died in the Bastille Day attacks on the French Riviera.
Investigators at this time are searching for possible accomplices to Bouhlel, at this time six people remain in custody.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins, who oversees terrorism investigations, said a search of Bouhlel’s computer had found a clear, recent interest in “radical jihadism”, adding that the attack was obviously premeditated though there was no proof that Bouhlel was directed by an extremist network.
Bouhlel had a history of violence, with a doctor he consulted in Tunisia as a youth describing him as having psychotic tendencies. The man had also done Internet searches with the following key words “horrible deadly accident”, the Paris prosecutor said.
IS has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Paris prosecutor says 13 bodies are still unidentified following the truck attack on Bastille Day that killed 84 people.
“There will be other attacks and there will be other innocent people killed”.
He was identified by fingerprints after his identification card was found in the truck, authorities said.
“This awful attack shows that terror is directed against everyone without distinction”, said Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Three of the six suspects were brought to French intelligence headquarters in Paris on Monday to face eventual terrorism charges, according to a security official.
One woman and four men will appear before the court on Thursday due to their links to the Tunisian man who barreled a truck into the crowded center last week. She declined to discuss the injuries saying that the family wants to protect Stratton’s privacy.
His comments come after French newspaper Liberation said Cazeneuve lied about the whereabouts of the national police officers and cars, and accused authorities of lacking transparency. “And bless him, he has been at the hospital with her most days”, Cook said.
The move comes after horrifying lorry attack targeted crowd in the city of Nice, France, resulted in killing 84, claimed by the terrorist group IS.
What is known publicly about Bouhlel so far suggests a troubled, angry, sometimes violent man with little interest in the group’s ultra-puritanical brand of Islam.
Feelings are raw. numerous dead and injured were children watching a fireworks display with their families, and a sign posted around town demonstrates a strong feeling of solidarity, calling for blood donations and stuffed animals for injured children.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has pointed to several steps taken by the government to boost security, including sending thousands of troops into the streets. Buildings stood silent across the country.
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About 85 people are still hospitalized in the wake of Thursday’s attack, with 29 patients in intensive care, said Marisol Touraine, French minister of social affairs and health.
