France Truck Attacker ID’D as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel

News outlets in France have reported the suspected terrorist who shot a gun and drove his truck into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, killing at least 84 and injuring 100 or more, was a local resident with a Tunisian background.

And his name was Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, said the Nice-Matin newspaper. An unnamed senior French government official and an anti-terrorism official also confirmed the terrorist as Bouhlel to other media.

Meanwhile, police sources confirmed to Thompson-Reuters that Bouhlel, 31, was the attacker, saying he was a French national of Tunisian descent who lived in Nice.

Nice-Matin also reported Bouhlel was not on any intelligence watch lists, and that he worked as a delivery driver. His criminal past was confined to arrests for petty theft and minor acts of violence, the newspaper reported . . .

The Daily Mail reported Bouhlel told local authorities he was delivering ice cream, and that’s why he was allowed to drive his truck onto the promenade section of the heavily populated beachfront area. The news outlet also reported Bouhlel had actually been parked on the street nearby the scene of attack for almost nine hours before police questioned him – and had they checked his vehicle, would have found the back “packed full of explosives and ammunition,” the Daily Mail reported. (Read more from “France Truck Attacker ID’D as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel” HERE)

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