(National-UAE) French officers investigating the 2016 Nice attack told a court that the ISIS terrorist group bore responsibility for the “lone wolf” rampage, having drawn in Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel through propaganda in the weeks before the July 14 killing spree.
The Tunisian used a hired 19-tonne lorry to mow down men, women and children on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, killing 86 people. He was shot and killed by police after a four-minute killing spree.
“Sometimes ISIS is content to make recommendations on operating methods or targets available to all,” one of the agents that investigated the attack told a court hearing.
“The Nice attack is part of a period when France had been continually threatened by the propaganda of ISIS.”
