Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel
"“lone nut”" Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel    | |
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| Born | 1985-01-03 M'saken, Sousse Governorate, Tunisia |
| Died | 2016-07-14 (Age 31) Nice, France |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Religion | Muslim? |
| Supposed perpetrator of | Nice truck event |
The official perpetrator of the Nice truck event | |
Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was blamed for the Nice truck event. He was reportedly shot dead by police after he shot at them with a pistol.[1]
Sending money
Bouhlel sent £84,000 to his family in Tunisia just days before the attack, according to his brother.[2] In this respect he prefigured a "lone nut" of a year later, Stephen Paddock.
Lone nut?
Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was reported to have have mental health problems, and has also been called not a ‘lone wolf’. However, French TV reported that he sent an SMS at 10.27pm on Thursday saying: "Bring more weapons, bring five of them to C." An earlier message said: "It’s good. I have the equipment."[1]
Mulsim Radicalisation? Drug use?
He has been called a Muslim, but his neighbours report that he "drank alcohol, ate pork and took drugs".[1] The Commercially-controlled media reported that "was he was radicalized within months" and quotes his estranged wife that "Mohamed only started visiting a mosque in April."[3]
The Daily Mail reported that Bouhlel "was on a cocktail of drugs for schizophrenia, alcoholism and depression."[1]
Killing
He was reportedly shot dead by police after he shot at them with a pistol.[1]
References
- ↑ a b c d e http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3694282/Brought-weapons-s-good-equipment-Terrifying-final-text-messages-Bastille-Day-killer-sent-minutes-murdered-84-people.html
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/16/bastille-day-terrorist-was-radicalised-within-months-and-sent-84/
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/16/bastille-day-terrorist-was-radicalised-within-months-and-sent-84/
