On July 14, 2016, Mohamed Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian left 86 dead and more than 400 injured by rushing into the crowd behind the wheel of a beach truck on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, before being shot by the police.
Today, his trial is still continuing and yesterday, Wednesday, his family was auditioned by the judge. The question of his mental balance regularly returns to the debates before the special Assize Court since the start of the trial. Her family confirmed this observation, for her, he is unbalanced and even “crazy”.
His paternal aunt Rafika, 65, also testifies. Party to live in Nice and stayed close to him, she explains that he “had too much on the heart. He had too much hatred towards his parents. He said to me, “It’s rats, not parents”.
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel also hits his brothers and sisters, “when we touched his belongings” or that he had to repeat things. “But in a normal way, he did not leave any traces,” trivialized his sister Rabeb, 34, cited by French media.
