Nice attack: Driver 'researched route' earlier in week

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Last edited Sun Jul 17, 2016, 10:30 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: BBC

The Tunisian man who drove his lorry into crowds of people in Nice researched the route in the days before the attack, French media reported.

The reports say Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove through the seafront promenade area of the French city on Tuesday and Wednesday in preparation.

More than 80 people died when he ploughed his vehicle into people celebrating Bastille Day on Thursday.

Six people are being held in connection with the killings.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36818719

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Original title/1st 4 paras at time of posting before subsequent BBC editing at identical link:

Nice attack: Two more arrests by French police

A man and a woman have been arrested in Nice in connection with the Bastille Day lorry attack, French judicial sources have said.

More than 80 people died when a Tunisian man, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, ploughed the vehicle into celebrating crowds on Thursday evening.

Earlier, France called up 12,000 police reservists to boost security in the wake of the killings.

The latest arrests bring the number of those held over the attack to seven.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36818719

[bdwker]

1. Lone wolf ?

France is getting good at finding the wolf packs.

[Democat]

2. Seven people arrested so far

But he was just angry at life or mentally ill?

[Arazi]

7. Terrorism and religion have nothing to do with this, no sirree

[MariaThinks]

3. so it was NOT a lone wolf attack.

[OKNancy]

4. The link you gave does not match the story or the content of your post

[MowCowWhoHow III]

5. If this is a big problem, then perhaps links from the BBC should be explicitly forbidden

The BBC edited the story after I had posted verbatim the title/1st 4 paragraphs , and confusingly kept the same URL. They also don't seem to have any decent version history.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

6. French truck killer sent SMS just before attack 'discussing weapons' (AFP)

#BREAKING: French truck killer sent SMS just before attack 'discussing weapons'
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/754684124577820672