Italian police arrested a 2016 Nice terror attack suspect

ROME, 23 April, 2021 (TON): A 28-year old Albanian man arrested by the Italian police over suspicion to be allegedly involved in the 2016 terror attack in Nice, France.

The 2016 Nice terror attack took the lives of 86 people.

On Wednesday, the Italian police said in a statement that the man, for whom a European arrest warrant was in place, was captured near Caserta, north of Naples, thanks to a coordinated effort between Italian, Albanian and French authorities.

Eighty-six people were killed on Bastille Day, 2016, when Tunisian-born Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel ploughed a truck through crowds watching a fireworks display on the seaside promenade in Nice, in southern France.

Lahouaiej Bouhlel himself was shot dead by two police officers who chased his truck on foot.

However, the 28-year-old Albanian man is suspected of having sold weapons to the attacker, according to the reports.

 

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