Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel
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Mohamed Salmene Lahouaiej-Bouhlel (Arabic: محمد لحويج بوهلال Muḥammad Laḥwiyyij-Būhlāl; January 3, 1985 – July 14, 2016) was a Tunisian terrorist living in France who carried out the 2016 Nice attack, in which he drove a truck into a crowd at approximately 22:30, just after the end of the Bastille Day fireworks display in Nice, France, killing 86 people and injuring 434. Immediately after the attack, he was shot dead by responding French police officers.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.