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First photos of terrorist who killed 85 people in France

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July 15, 2016

Less than 24 hours after an unidentified man drove a truck into a crowd as they watched Bastille Day fireworks display in Nice, France, photos of the mastermind of the dreadful attack have surfaced on the internet.

A French national of Tunisian descent named Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was earlier today identified as the gunman who carried out the dreadful attack.

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French authorities discovered the 31-year-old’s photo ID at the scene.

Who was Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, the man suspected of killing 84 in the Nice lorry attack? https://t.co/b6OtV7LnXO pic.twitter.com/PNmEG5Uf0M

— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) July 15, 2016

However, Social media points to this Facebook page as belonging to Bouhlel.

A Facebook account being rumoured on the internet to belong to the mastermind of terror attack in Nice, France that killed 85 people so far.

French media reported that Bouhlel was a father of three, and authorities brought his wife in for questioning while serving a search warrant of the family’s home.

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