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Three people were killed in a suspected terrorist attack in Nice. Investigators have now arrested three suspects.
Following the knife attack in Nice, which left three dead, three men have now been arrested as possible accomplices. It was recently announced from French judicial circles that a 33-year-old was also being investigated, reports the AFP news agency. He was with another suspect in the apartment. “We are trying to clarify his role in the whole thing,” he said.
It was not known until Saturday morning that a second man had been arrested. The 35-year-old man is suspected of being with the suspect the day before the attack, AFP reported, citing judicial circles. He was taken into police custody in Nice on Friday night. On Thursday, investigators detained a 47-year-old man, who is also said to have had contact with the attacker the night before the crime.
A Tunisian who entered illegally on Thursday killed three people in Nice with a knife, according to investigators; Two victims were found in the Notre-Dame church in the city center. The attacker was shot several times by the police and seriously injured in a hospital. According to the information, he could not be questioned until Friday night. He had only entered France from Italy shortly before the crime.
Highest declared terrorism alert level
France declared the highest level of terrorism warning after the attack. The French government announced on Friday that it will strengthen the protection of schools and places of worship.
According to the local judiciary, the author has a prior conviction in Tunisia for violent and drug-related crimes, but was apparently not known by the police as a radical Muslim. According to his family, he had become increasingly isolated and religious in the past two years.
Tunisian authorities are now investigating the suspect. According to the country’s law, any Tunisian who is involved in acts of terrorism will be prosecuted, regardless of whether they are at home or abroad, said a Tunisian judicial spokesman. The objective is to determine if the perpetrator may have had accomplices in Tunisia.
