A second man who may have been in contact with the killer of the attack in Nice which took place Thursday was arrested, we learned Friday from a judicial source.

Aged 35, he is suspected of having known the perpetrator the day before the attack, like the first suspect already arrested.

A second man in contact with the author of the fatal attack in the basilica of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Nice was arrested and taken into custody on Friday, we learned from a judicial source, confirming information from France Info.

The man, aged 35, is suspected "of having rubbed shoulders with the perpetrator the day before the attack, as the first" suspect, aged 47, who has been in police custody since Thursday evening, specified this same source.

He was arrested between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Nice, according to the judicial source and a source close to the investigation. 

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