A third suspect is detained pending investigation in the Nice attack
A French judicial source said today, Saturday, that a third man close to the second suspect, who was arrested, on Friday evening, was placed in custody pending investigation in the framework of the Nice attack in southeastern France.
The 33-year-old man was present during a search by police officers on Friday evening of the home of a second suspect who was in contact with the perpetrator on the eve of the attack.
The source said, "We are trying to clarify his role in everything that happened."
The second 35-year-old was arrested in Nice on Friday evening and placed in custody pending investigation.
A 47-year-old suspect was arrested Thursday after he was seen next to the attacker, a young Tunisian who arrived shortly before in Europe, in footage provided by surveillance cameras on the eve of the attack.
He is still in custody pending investigation, according to the judicial source.
A source close to the investigation stated that the attacker, a 21-year-old Tunisian, Ibrahim al-Issawi, arrived in Nice "24 or 48 hours" before the knife attack, which resulted in three deaths, according to a source close to the investigation.
Another source close to the file told Agence France-Presse on Saturday morning: "It is still too early to know if he has benefited from collusion and what are his motives for coming to France and when this idea arose in him."
The source confirmed that the two phones in his personal belongings "continued to analyze", indicating that the investigation by the Tunisian side would be conclusive.
Investigators are trying to find out whether the attacker benefited from help and how he obtained the two phones, which were found in a bag containing his personal belongings.
Investigators are analyzing the contents of the two phones at present.
According to the first elements of the investigation, Ibrahim Al-Issawi, a twenty-first-year-old Tunisian, entered a church in the center of Nice on Thursday morning, where he slaughtered a 60-year-old woman and a 55-year-old church servant.
A forty-four-year-old Brazilian woman died after being stabbed several times, in a nearby restaurant where she sought refuge.
Municipal police took control of the crossing, firing several shots at it, and they were transferred to Pasteur Hospital in Nice, in a dangerous condition.
The investigators were unable to interrogate him because he is in a coma.
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