MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, Nice-Matin.com reported that Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was a potential perpetrator of the deadly attack in Nice.
"As for the name [of the truck driver], we have no confirmation, even the French authorities do not have it. So far there are only talks about him being of Tunisian origin… His name has not been officially confirmed, the Foreign Ministry has not provided any information," Ben Brahim said.
Earlier it was reported that the attacker was a Nice resident of Tunisian origin.
French police found Bouhlel's identity card in the cargo compartment of the truck which rammed into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day in Nice, killing 84 and injuring dozens.
The white truck that was used to carry out the deadly Nice attack was rented a few days before the Thursday night attack, according to earlier reports.
The Paris prosecutor's office officially opened a terrorism investigation into the Bastille Day attack in Nice.
France has been plagued by terrorist attacks in recent months, including a deadly shooting at the office of the Charlie Hebdo magazine and the hostage crisis at a kosher supermarket in Paris on January 7-9, 2015, as well as coordinated shootings and bombings at the Bataclan theatre, the Stade de France stadium and other location in the French capital on November 13, 2015.
