Eight men arrested in connection with Bastille Day attack in Nice, French prosecutors announce
They are all former associates of terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, who was shot dead at the scene of the atrocity
Eighty-six people were killed in the July 14 terror attack
The men were arrested in a series of raids across the south of France
Six people were already being investigated before the new arrests
By Peter Allen In Paris for MailOnline
Published: 06:19 EST, 20 September 2016 | Updated: 06:22 EST, 20 September 2016
Eight men have been arrested in connection with the Bastille Day massacre in the French city of Nice, prosecutors announced today.
The suspects are all former associates of Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, the 31-year-old Tunisian who used a 19 tonne lorry to slaughter 86 people on July 14.
His attack was later claimed by ISIS, as the terror organisation said the bloodshed was all part of its ongoing murderous campaign against France.
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