8 Arrested Over Links to #Nice Truck Attacker

Local Editor

French police Tuesday arrested eight associates of the extremist who killed 86 people when he ploughed his truck into a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, an investigation source said.

"They are all men, of French and Tunisian nationality," the source said.

The men were arrested in Nice and in the neighboring towns of Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Cagnes-sur-Mer.

According to the source, police were also searching properties Tuesday.

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