16 Facts About Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel

Immediately after the attack, Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot dead by responding French police officers.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was born in M'saken, Tunisia, a small town about 10 kilometres outside the coastal city of Sousse.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was married, and had three children, but was in the process of divorcing.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was reported to have had financial difficulties and to have worked as a driver, acquiring a truck permit less than a year before the attack.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel's brother claimed that Lahouaiej-Bouhlel did not know people, never sent his family presents, and never said hello.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel married a French-Tunisian cousin, living in Nice, with whom he had three children.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel told friends he did not understand why IS could not hold territory and showed them a video of a beheading on his mobile phone.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was convicted on 24 March 2016 and given a six-month suspended sentence on charges of violence with a weapon.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was last arrested less than a month before the attack after a traffic accident in which he had been asleep at the wheel, and he remained subject to judicial supervision.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was not registered as a national security risk by French authorities.

Reports indicate Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel often visited Tunisia, the last time being, as far as is known, some eight months prior to the attack.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was not known by Tunisian authorities to have been involved in any terrorism activities on Tunisian soil.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel's name was not in the French database of suspected Islamic militants.

The next day, Cazeneuve said "It seems that he [Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel] radicalized himself very quickly," early investigations had found.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel's brother said he received images of Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel laughing among the holiday crowds in Nice hours before the attack.

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot dead by French police officers who were attempting to force him to stop the truck.