Who was Nice terror attack suspect Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel?

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Lahouaiej Bouhlel was a 31-year-old French-Tunisian delivery driver. The perpetrator of Nice's worst ever terror attack was reportedly a married father of three who neighbours described as a "loner" with a George Clooney haircut. According to several French reports, Bouhel was born in Tunisia in 1985 and had a French residency permit. French television station BFM TV reported that he was a divorced father of three who had become depressed following the breakdown of his marriage. He was known to the police for assault with a weapon, domestic violence, threats and robbery but had no previous convictions for terrorism. According to BFMTV he had also recently caused an accident after falling asleep at the wheel while working as a delivery driver. Police are searching for any accomplices to the attack, which appears to have been premeditated. They found a pistol, a larger gun, and a number of fake weapons and grenades in his vehicle after the attack. Security officials will certainly be looking to see if it was carried out by ISIS. Pro-ISIS Twitter accounts have posted sickening posters celebrating the attacks.