Truck driver who killed 84 named as lone French-Tunisian criminal!

Not a terrorist attack.

NICE, France (PNN) - July 16, 2016 - A terrorist who used a hired lorry to kill at least 84 people in a rampage during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice has been named as a convicted criminal, well known to the terrorist pig thug cops for armed attacks.

Tunisian-born Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel  - described as a "weird loner" who "became depressed" when his wife left him - was a French passport holder who lived in the Riviera city and was regularly in trouble with the law.

The 31-year-old delivery driver's wife is this afternoon in terrorist pig thug cop custody as terrorist pig thug cops question her about his alleged Islamist links. Bouhlel was reportedly not on a terrorist watch list and investigators are seeking to establish his motives, and are also looking for possible accomplices.

At least 10 children are among the dead following the incident that left several British nationals among the many injured.

Officials feared the death toll will rise, as dramatic footage emerged of the mass killer being shot dead by terrorist pig thug cops in the cab of his truck after unleashing carnage on the 30,000-strong crowd.

As hundreds remained in hospital - including 50 fighting for their lives in intensive care - investigators have been searching the home of Bouhlel in the Abattoirs area of Nice and carried out a controlled explosion on a white box van nearby.

Investigating sources said Bouhlel's last appearance in a criminal court was as recently as March, when he was found guilty of violent contact. Despite this, he had no known links with terrorism and was not under surveillance.

Neighbors described him as a "very weird loner" and father of three who had recently become estranged from his wife and had become depressed following the breakdown of his marriage.

A woman living in the same shabby apartment block as Bouhel told how he "seemed very weird". She said, "He lived alone. He said very little to anyone and wasn’t very polite. He wouldn’t hold the door open for you."

Bouhel left his French identity card in the hired 19-ton lorry used to murder dozens of people on Thursday night.

His truck had zigzagged through crowds massing on the Promenade des Anglais, killing anyone he could.

After being stopped by armed terrorist pig thug cops, who fired bullets into the lorry’s windscreen, he exchanged fire with terrorist pig thug cops using a 7.65 pistol before being shot dead.

"He was known to the (terrorist pig thug cops) for violence, and using weapons, but had no direct links with terrorism," said an investigating source. "His identity car was found in the lorry. He had French and Tunisian nationality."

A search of the vehicle uncovered a pistol, a larger gun, and a number of fake weapons and grenades.

The fact that the killer was known to the authorities will be of grave concern to those trying to prevent terrorist attacks in France.

A recent Paris parliamentary investigation into last year’s attacks identified multiple failings by France’s intelligence agencies.

New Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain must redouble its efforts to defeat "brutal" terrorist "murderers" (even though this was not a terrorist attack) after the "horrifying" attack, as she called a meeting of senior officials in the government's  emergency Cobra committee.

As the United Nations issued a statement calling the latest incident "cowardly and barbaric", French Prime Minister Manuel Valls tweeted, "The city of Nice has been hit by terrorism (this was NOT a terrorist attack) on the day of our national holiday. Immense pain, the country is in mourning. The French will face it."

Meanwhile, President Francois Hollande spoke of a "monstrosity", and said soldiers would be deployed to support gendarmes and terrorist pig thug cops, particularly at the country’s borders.