Policemen patrol on bike close to the beach of Saint-Malo, western France on July 21, 2016.(Photo: Damien Meyer, AFP/Getty Images)
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said Thursday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the truck driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront last week had accomplices and he had been plotting his attack for months.
Molins said his office, which oversees terrorism investigations, said five suspects currently in custody are facing preliminary terrorism charges for their alleged roles in helping driver Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, in a judicial inquiry opened Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
Four men and a woman were "involved in the preparation" of the attack, and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>one of the suspects had filmed the crime scene<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the day after the incident, Molins said,
according to AFP.
"The investigation underway since the night of July 14 has progressed and not only confirmed the murderous premeditated nature of Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel's act but also established that he benefited from support and accomplices," Molins said at a news conference,
CNN reported.
Molins said information from Bouhlel’s phone showed searches and photos, suggesting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>he had been studying an attack since 2015, according to the AP.
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Images from the scene of the horrific attack in Nice
The Islamic State<span style="color: Red;">*</span>claimed responsibility for the Bastille Day<span style="color: Red;">*</span>attack, but investigators have<span style="color: Red;">*</span>not found any direct ties<span style="color: Red;">*</span>between Bouhlel and the militant<span style="color: Red;">*</span>group.
Bouhlel, 31, a Tunisian who had lived in Nice for years, drove through the
crowd for more than a mile before police shot him dead. His mobile phone sent a test that said “bring more weapons, bring him in at 5 C,” on Thursday at 10:27 p.m., according to the French television station BFMTV.
The attack came hours after police removed four vans that had blocked Promenade des Anglais for a military parade earlier in the day, according to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
The Telegraph<span style="color: Red;">*</span>newspaper in the United Kingdom. Just 60 officers were on duty, despite warnings that Nice was a target of jihadists who had visited Syria, according to the paper.
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