World grieves for Nice

The man responsible for the Nice terror attack is “probably linked to radical Islam” as France mourns the third massacre of its civilians in 18 months.

Speaking on French television last night, French prime minister Manuel Valls said that, while he could not confirm the motives of 31-year-old attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, he could say he was “a terrorist probably linked to radical Islam one way or another”.

However, the claim is directly at odds with that of François Molins, the Paris prosecutor leading the investigation, who said Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was “totally unknown to intelligence services” and had no obvious links to radical Islam.