Two arrested in Nice over truck attack — judiciary source

Investigative magistrates will meet with all five suspects and make a final decision on whether to file preliminary charges later Thursday, a spokesperson for prosecutor François Molins told The Journal.

“It seems he was radicalized very quickly”, Cazeneuve said following a ministerial meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

Bouhlel was a dual Tunisian-French national who lived in Nice.

All 84 people killed in the Nice truck attack have been formally identified, and the death toll for the Bastille Day carnage has not increased despite several people being still in critical condition, a top French official said Wednesday. Ramzi had previous convictions for drugs and petty crime.

The group called Bouhlel a “soldier of the Islamic State”, using language that implies he was an operative of the group, rather than a sympathizer who took action independently, Callimachi said on Twitter. There are also reports that Bouhlel carried on affairs with both men and women and filmed his encounters on his phone.

The probe, which involves more than 400 investigators, confirmed the attack was premediated, the prosecutor said.

With flowers in their hands, crowds stood on the rocky beach for a minute of silence in homage to the victims.

Francois Hollande had move to lift eight-month state of emergency prior to Nice attacks.

Security in France ensured that no major attacks took place during Euro 2016.

Minister Bernard Cazeneuve’s clarification comes as a newspaper accused French authorities of lacking transparency in their handling of the massacre.

Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, smashed a 19-tonne truck into a packed crowd of people in the Riviera city celebrating Bastille Day – France’s national day.

President Francois Hollande said the conclusions of that investigation will be known next week.

“We will see proof that the preparations were from the start of the required serious standard”, the Socialist leader, who is facing elections next year, said during a visit to Ireland.

The criticism comes as the National Assembly extended France’s state of emergency for six month. A coordinated attack in Paris on November 13 killed at least 130 people in a strike claimed by Islamic State, and a series of attacks in January 2015 that began with an assault on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo killed 17 people.