Officers have taken the ex-wife of Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel into custody as they continue to investigate the motives that made him carry out the horrific attack, Express.co.uk reports.
Hajer Khalfallah, the mother of his three children, is giving a statement to detectives attempting to build up a character profile of the gunman. It is believed she was in the process of divorcing him at the time of the attack, amid claims he beat her.