A total of seven people have been arrested in connection with the attack, including Bouhlel’s wife, though she was released from custody on Sunday morning, according to local media. Sources close to the investigation also said the attacker, 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, had sent a text message seeking more weapons and had visited the scene of the attack days before the carnage. The number of wounded also rose to 256, according to the French prosecutor’s office, with 85 still hospitalized. Twelve victims have not been identified, said France’s Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, speaking to reporters on Sunday. The phone was found inside Bouhlel’s rented 19-ton refrigerator truck after he mowed down people for more than a mile and was subsequently killed in a shootout.

Source: The Local July 17, 2016 15:45 UTC