Nice truck attacker had accomplices: Prosecutor

Tunisian truck killer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was helped to prepare his Bastille Day attack by five suspects who are now in custody, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Mr Francois Molins said the four men and a women were “involved in the preparation” of the attack in the French Riviera resort of Nice, which had been planned months in advance.

More than 400 investigators have been poring over evidence since the July 14 attack in which Bouhlel rammed a truck into crowds on the Nice promenade, leaving 84 dead and over 300 injured.

“Investigations have not only confirmed the premeditated nature of the attack, but allowed us to establish that (Bouhlel) had support and accomplices in the preparation and execution of his criminal act,” he said.

In one chilling turn of events, Mr Molins said that one of the suspects, a Tunisian named Mohamed Oualid G., had filmed the scene of the crime the day after the carnage, as it crawled with paramedics and journalists. The five suspects will be presented to anti-terrorism judges on Thursday.