Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel | |
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محمد لحويج بوهلال | |
ID photograph of Lahouaiej-Bouhlel | |
| Born | 3 January 1985 M'saken, Sousse Governorate, Tunisia |
| Died | 14 July 2016 (aged 31) Nice, France |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Nationality | French-Tunisian |
| Known for | Perpetrator of the 2016 Nice truck attack |
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| Country | France |
| Locations | Promenade des Anglais, Nice |
| Target | Bastille Day crowds |
| Killed | 86 |
| Injured | 434 |
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Mohamed Salmene Lahouaiej-Bouhlel (French pronunciation: [mɔamɛd lauɛʒ bulɛl]; Arabic: محمد لحويج بوهلال Muḥammad Laḥwiyyij-Būhlāl; 3 January 1985 – 14 July 2016) was a Tunisian terrorist and mass murderer who carried out the 2016 Nice truck attack, in which he drove a truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, hitting 520 people, killing 86 and injuring another 434. Immediately after the attack, Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot dead by responding French police officers.