Tunisian-born Bouhlel, 31,
rammed his rented truck into revellers who had gathered on the promenade to
watch a Bastille Day fireworks display.
He killed at least 84 people
- 16 who are still unidentified - and injured more than 200 others in Thursday
night's atrocity.
A minute's silence will be
observed across France today in memory of the 84 victims of the lorry attack in
Nice.
France has begun its third
day of national mourning, ahead of a meeting between EU foreign ministers and
the US Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels later.
The talks are expected to
focus on the fight against terrorism in Europe in the wake of the attack in
Nice and relations with Turkey after a failed military coup.
On Sunday, it emerged lorry
killer Mohamed Bouhlel reportedly sent a picture of himself laughing as he
mingled with the crowd hours before the attack in Nice.
He also allegedly sent a
text message "discussing weapons" prior to the massacre.
Speaking in Tunisia, Jabeur
Bouhlel claimed his brother had telephoned him hours before the rampage and
sent a selfie among the crowds.
He said: "That last
day he said he was in Nice with his European friends to celebrate the national
holiday."
He added that in the photo
"he seemed very happy and pleased, he was laughing a lot". Bouhlel
had zigzagged in his vehicle along the seafront in order to run over as many
victims as possible before he was shot dead by police.
The killer, who had lived
in the southern French city for a number of years, is thought to have visited
the site twice in the two days before the tragedy.
Around 85 victims remain in
hospital and 18 of them - including one child - are in a life-threatening
condition.
Meanwhile, a man and a
woman were held in Nice on Sunday morning.
Their arrests follow the
detention of five other people since the tragedy, including Bouhlel's estranged
wife. She has now been released from custody.
May their soul rest in perfect peace
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