Nice truck terrorist ordered a 'massive' lorry 'to create maximum number of victims'
8 years, 8 months ago

Nice truck terrorist ordered a 'massive' lorry 'to create maximum number of victims'

Daily Mail  

Garage boss said he asked to hire the biggest and most powerful lorry Truck terrorist Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel demanded the 'heaviest and most powerful' lorry from a rental company so he could kill the maximum number of people, the garage boss has revealed. The ISIS killer collected the deadly lorry from the Via Location premises in a rural village surrounded by farmland about 30 minutes west of Nice The manager of Via Location recalls the moment she came face-to-face with the ISIS killer when he hired the 19-tonne lorry The vehicle was towed away after Bouhlel used it to kill more than 80 people during the Bastille Day celebrations on Thursday evening At about 10:45pm, Bouhlel drove the lorry towards the crowds of pedestrians with its headlights off, gradually picking up speed and zigzagging along the promenade The 31-year-old Tunisian, described by ISIS today as a 'soldier', used his credit card and driving licence to collect the vehicle from the garage in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, 30 minutes west of Nice on Monday. The heaviest, the most powerful, the most massive, to create the maximum number of victims' The terrorist hired the lorry from the company just 30 minutes west of Nice before carrying out the attack The 19-tonne lorry was towed away from the promenade in Nice after it was used to carry out the brutal attack After collecting the refrigerated lorry, Bouhlel parked it in a suburban street on the eastern side of the city, inside the cordon that was set up for the evening's firework display. Forensics officers and policemen looked for evidences in the truck on the Promenade des Anglais seafront in the French Riviera town of Nice In the cab, police found two automatic pistols, two replica assault rifles – a Kalashnikov and an M16 – a grenade and ammunition 'Everyone was trying to help the ones who were still alive.' After collecting the deadly lorry, Bouhlel parked it in a suburban street on the eastern side of the city, inside the cordon that was set up for the evening's firework display Thousands of people had gathered on the boardwalk to enjoy the balmy weather and watch the firework display, among them hundreds of children After the shootout, Bouhlel's head was seen dangling from the window of the lorry cab.

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