French authorities arrested a man and a woman Sunday in the terror attack that killed 84 people in Nice last week, a prosecutor said.
Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, drove a 20-ton truck through hundreds gathered to watch the Bastille Day fireworks on the Mediterranean city’s waterfront Thursday.
Agnes Thibault Lecuivre, a spokeswoman for the anti-terrorism prosecutor, confirmed the arrests, but did not provide details on their connection to the terror attack.
French authorities earlier said they had been questioning five people Saturday. Among them was Bouhlel’s ex-wife, who was taken into custody Friday, the anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said. The other four were men.
Bouhlel was shot to death by police after he barreled down the crowded Promenade des Anglais for almost a mile Friday, crushing and hitting people who had gathered to watch fireworks. More than 200 people were injured.
He was identified by fingerprints after his identification card was found in the truck, authorities said.
ISIS’ media group, Amaq Agency, said in a statement Saturday that an ISIS “soldier” carried out the attack.
The statement, which was posted by ISIS supporters, said a security source told the agency “the person who carried out the run-over in Nice, France, is one of the Islamic State soldiers and carried out the operation in response to calls to target nationals of the coalition which is fighting the Islamic State.”
A source close to the investigation told CNN that local associates of Bouhlel detained for questioning told interrogators that he started speaking in support of ISIS just days before the attack
