The driver of a lorry that killed 84 people in an attack in the French city of Nice has been confirmed as Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31.
Some 202 people were injured; 52 are critical, of whom 25 are on life support. Ten of the dead were children.
Prosecutor Francois Molins said Bouhlel had driven the lorry 2km (1.2 miles) along the Promenade des Anglais and fired at police before being shot dead.
Other weapons found inside the lorry were replicas or fake.
What the prosecutor said
Mr Molins said no group had admitted carrying out the attack but that it bore the hallmarks of jihadist terrorism.
Bouhlel drove the 19-tonne lorry into crowds celebrating Bastille Day at about 22:45 local time (20:45 GMT). He fired at officers with a 7.65mm calibre automatic pistol when the vehicle was close to the Negresco hotel and continued for another 300m, where his vehicle was stopped near the Palais de la Mediterranee hotel and he was shot dead.
Also found in the lorry were an ammunition magazine, a fake pistol, a replica Kalashnikov rifle, a replica M16 rifle and a dummy grenade.
There was also a bicycle, empty pallets, documents and a mobile phone. Items were later seized from Bouhlel's Nice home.
Bouhlel, a chauffeur and delivery man, was "totally unknown to intelligence services... and was never flagged for signs of radicalisation", Mr Molins said.
Bouhlel was divorced and his ex-wife has been taken into custody.
Source: BBC NEWS
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