Two more suspects held over Nice Bastille Day lorry attack

France’s defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a USA -led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

The National Assembly voted largely last Tuesday in favor of extending the State of Emergency, which was originally put in place after the spate of terrorist attacks in the Paris region last November, when 130 people died and over 400 were wounded.

“If no element at this stage shows the allegiance of Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel nor links with individuals claiming to be from (ISIS), the use of his computer, as I’ve just detailed to you, illustrates an interest and, at this stage, we can say recent investigations into the jihadist radical movement”, Molins said.

Bouhlel’s rapid radicalization has puzzled investigators.

Yet elsewhere in the city the grief was still raw as families said farewell to their loved ones and some demanded to know from the authorities how security measures had failed to prevent a man from driving a truck through crowds of revelers in an apparent planned attack that resulted in the worst mass carnage in Nice’s recent history.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was identified by his fingerprints after his driver’s licence, mobile phone and credit card were found inside the vehicle by police.

Five people are still being held over the Nice massacre, including a 22-year-old man to whom Bouhlel sent a text message minutes before the attack about a pistol he used to fire at the police.

IS claimed responsibility for last week’s attack, though Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Monday that investigators have found no sign yet that Bouhlel had links to a particular network.

Sadok is devastated by his nephew’s act, and doesn’t want him buried in Msaken.

The report also stated that IS appears to favor attacks against soft targets because they “instill more fear in the general public”.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls, jeered by crowds at a remembrance ceremony on Monday and criticised by political opponents over the attack, called for national unity as he presented the emergency rule bill overnight.

Fifty-nine people are still hospitalized, 29 of them in intensive care.

Along the curved, rocky Nice beach Monday, thousands of people gathered to mark the moment of silence, alongside religious leaders from the Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities and other local dignitaries.

Hollande’s Socialist government has been under heavy criticism for its response to a slew of extremist attacks.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy raised the temperature on Sunday night by accusing the government of providing inadequate security. French warplanes have been involved in the operation in Iraq and to a lesser degree in Syria.

“There will be other attacks and there will be other innocent people killed”.

The two suspects are among six people who remain in custody, according to an official at the Paris prosecutor’s office.