Angry mourners in Nice have stopped to spit and throw rubbish on a so-called "hate memorial" at the spot where Bastille Day terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was killed by police.
In contrast to the flowers and candles left at each location where an innocent victim was killed, locals have been piling stones and throwing cigarette butts at the point on Promenade des Anglais where the killer was shot dead.
In contrast to the flowers and candles left at each location where an innocent victim was killed, locals have been piling stones and throwing cigarette butts at the point on Promenade des Anglais where the killer was shot dead.
One local has scrawled "Assassin" in red paint on the tarmac.
Meanwhile, investigators have failed to establish links between the Bastille Day killer and Isil - despite the terror group claiming him as a "soldier of Islam". France's interior minister has played down the likelihood that the plot was orchestrated by a wider network as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel's mobile phone records reportedly showed he used dating sites to meet both men and women.
Meanwhile, investigators have failed to establish links between the Bastille Day killer and Isil - despite the terror group claiming him as a "soldier of Islam". France's interior minister has played down the likelihood that the plot was orchestrated by a wider network as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel's mobile phone records reportedly showed he used dating sites to meet both men and women.
Bouhlel, who dabbled with drugs and drink, was "unbalanced", French official Bernard Cazeneuve said.
The phone was picked up by police officers after they shot him dead last Thursday in a lorry that he had used to kill 84 people on the Promenade des Anglais, in the French city of Nice.
According to officers, the phone is proving more important to the investigation that the seven suspects currently in custody.
The phone was picked up by police officers after they shot him dead last Thursday in a lorry that he had used to kill 84 people on the Promenade des Anglais, in the French city of Nice.
According to officers, the phone is proving more important to the investigation that the seven suspects currently in custody.
Three of those arrested have been
transferred to the anti-terror centre in Levallois-Perret, near Paris.
Local newspaper Nice Matin quotes a police source saying they have found
evidence the attacks were planned "for weeks or months".
A one-minute silence is taking place at midday in Nice in a ceremony at the Monument de Centenaire on the Promenade des Anglais.
Anti-riot police expected out in force amid security fears It also emerged today that only 35 of the dead have been formally identified, because of reasons including bodies being mutilated out of all recognition.
A one-minute silence is taking place at midday in Nice in a ceremony at the Monument de Centenaire on the Promenade des Anglais.
Anti-riot police expected out in force amid security fears It also emerged today that only 35 of the dead have been formally identified, because of reasons including bodies being mutilated out of all recognition.
There were also revelations about
how concerned neighbours had reported father-of-three Bouhlel for
attacking his own children, aged five, three and 18 months.
"Social services were concerned about what he was doing to the youngsters, and wanted to keep him away from them," said an investigating source.
Two particularly unpleasant incidents saw Bouhel defecate on his daughter’s bed, and also rip open another child’s favourite cuddly toy with a knife.
The source added: "Evidence of these attacks was provided in the form of photographs, and the suspect soon moved out of the family home."
Bouhel, a Tunisian national, was originally given a 10-year residency permit in France in 2009 after marrying his cousin, Hajer Khalfallah, in Nice.
She was originally arrested and questioned by antiterrorism judges but has now been released without charge.
Boulel regularly beat up his estranged wife, and she too had applied for protection from the authorities.
"Social services were concerned about what he was doing to the youngsters, and wanted to keep him away from them," said an investigating source.
Two particularly unpleasant incidents saw Bouhel defecate on his daughter’s bed, and also rip open another child’s favourite cuddly toy with a knife.
The source added: "Evidence of these attacks was provided in the form of photographs, and the suspect soon moved out of the family home."
Bouhel, a Tunisian national, was originally given a 10-year residency permit in France in 2009 after marrying his cousin, Hajer Khalfallah, in Nice.
She was originally arrested and questioned by antiterrorism judges but has now been released without charge.
Boulel regularly beat up his estranged wife, and she too had applied for protection from the authorities.
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