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, said a judicial source, Friday October 30 confirming a information from France Info.
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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, a specified this same source. He was arrested between 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. in Nice, according to the judicial source and a source close to the investigation.