French police arrest two more over attack in Nice
July 26, 2016
Two more men were arrested as part of the investigation into the terror attack in Nice which killed 84 people, authorities said on Tuesday.
"They were placed in custody while investigators seek to determine if the Tunisian (attacker) Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel had logistical support," a police source told news agency AFP.
Sources say that the new arrests took place on Monday in Nice and that the two men's pictures had been found on Bouhlel's mobile phone.
Last week, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Bouhlel had planned the attack months in advance before he drove a truck into a crowd on Nice's seafront promenade, injuring over 300 people.
Four men and one woman have been put under formal investigation for allegedly being accomplices to murder by a terrorist group.
Molins said correspondence between the suspects and Bouhlel indicated they knew about the attack plot. They are accused of helping him procure a pistol as well as other support.
None of the previously arrested suspects were known to intelligence services.
The militant "Islamic State" group claimed the attack and called Bouhlel one of its soldiers. However, authorities have yet to find evidence to suggest the 31-year-old had any direct links to the group.
rs/kms (AP, AFP, dpa, Reuters)