Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel
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| Native name | محمد لحويج بوهلال |
| Born |
3 January 1985 M'saken, Sousse Governorate, Tunisia |
| Died | 14 July 2016 (aged 31) Nice, France |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Residence | |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Known for | 2016 Nice attack |
| Killings | |
| Country | France |
| Location(s) | Promenade des Anglais, Nice |
| Target(s) | Bastille Day crowds |
| Killed | 86 |
| Injured | 434 |
| Weapons |
Renault Midlum cargo truck .32-caliber handgun |
Mohamed Salmene Lahouaiej-Bouhlel (French pronunciation: [mɔamɛd lauɛʒ bulɛl]; Arabic: محمد لحويج بوهلال Muḥammad Laḥwiyyij-Būhlāl; January 3, 1985 – July 14, 2016) was a Tunisian living in France who carried out the 2016 Nice attack, in which he drove a truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring 434.
Immediately after the attack, Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot dead by responding French police officers.
The Times of India described Lahouaiej-Bouhlel as "mentally unstable", with a tumultuous personal life, which included drug use and consumption of violent online content. Police examination of his phone revealed what Sky News described as a "string" of relationships with both men and women, including an affair with a 73-year-old man.
Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was born in M'saken, Tunisia, a small town about 10 kilometres (6 mi) outside the coastal city of Sousse. According to police reports, he had a French residency permit and moved to Nice in 2005, where he worked as a delivery-truck driver. He trained in martial arts, frequented salsa night clubs, and had an "unbridled sex life". Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was married with three children, but was in the process of divorce. He 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. In January 2016, he fell asleep at the wheel of a van, and was subsequently fired.
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