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In Nice, the terrorist came to "kill"

11/1/2020, 8:02:39 PM


The Tunisian underground, filmed the day before around the basilica, had acquired knives and a second laptop before carrying out the deadly attack.

Even if the Islamist terrorist who sowed death Thursday morning in the Basilica of Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, in Nice, is still struggling to deliver his mysteries, the police are multiplying the cross-checks to verify whether or not he was, or not, remote-controlled from abroad.

At the end of 96 hours of investigation, the sub-directorate of the fight against terrorism and the General directorate of internal security recompose the last hours which preceded the killing which cost the lives of two parishioners and the sacristan.

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A source familiar with the matter told

Le Figaro

on Sunday

that Brahim A., presumably arrived in France on Tuesday, was filmed the day before the attack by CCTV cameras as he strolled through the neighborhood.

He was certainly seen near the place of worship but a person very close to the file considers

"hasty to speak of location".

In the night before his act, the Islamist sleeps in a squat before joining the station in the early morning, at 6:47 am There, for nearly a

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