The woman’s lawyer, Jean-Yves Garino, told BFM-TV that Bouhlel physically abused her and the rest of the family, and she eventually threw him out of the house.
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But French authorities believe that something may have changed.
The attacker’s computer records showed a “sure and recent interest for radical jihadist movements”, Molins said, adding that Lahouaiej-Bouhlel had also consulted articles on fatal accidents including a report from Nice Matin newspaper headlined: “Man drives his auto into a restaurant terrace”. Ignoring Muslim codes of conduct, he was known to drink and smoke marijuana, did not attend mosque and often wore shorts. We are all very shocked. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters Saturday that “it seems he was radicalized very quickly”.
Another has place an image of a middle finger, with the words “F*** Daesh” written across it, the Arabic name for the Islamic State group which has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack happened as thousands in Nice marked Bastille Day on Thursday. The attack came eight months after Isis terrorists killed 130 people across Paris, and 18 months after three days of terror at Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket left 17 dead.
Police examine the scene around the truck on the Promenade des Anglais the day after 84 people died in the attack on the seaside French Riviera town.. He was seen driving through the area, the radio station said, presumably to case out the broad palm tree-lined boulevard.
Police raided Bouhlel’s home and held his estranged wife for questioning after he drove a truck into a crowd celebrating France’s National Day.
It emerged that CCTV footage showed that the truck used in the attack had been driven up and down the promenade in days before the attack.
As France continues to clean up after another devastating terror attack killed dozens of civilians in Nice, the country’s prime minister warned about the implications of the latest assault.
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.
The French-Tunisian father of three was killed by police after his rampage.
Francis told the public in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday that “sorrow is great in our hearts” for the massacre in the southern French city.
“But I want to say, because it’s the truth, that everything that should have been done over the last 18 months. wasn’t done”.
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Explaining the anger towards Mr Valls, one French woman said people feel a stronger prime minister is needed as the country tries to defeat extremism.
