French police officers patrol on the famed Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France, three days after a truck mowed through revelers. (AP)
The Nice truck attacker staked out the seafront for two days before striking, it emerged on Sunday as investigators pieced together details of the IS-claimed massacre and questioned possible accomplices.
A source close to the investigation told AFP that Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian, sent a text message just before the attack in which he “expresses satisfaction at having obtained a 7.65mm pistol and discusses the supply of other weapons”.
He also took a selfie at the wheel of the …read more
Source: The Indian Express