Nice’s massacre jihadi had chilling snaps on his phone of Euro2016 fanzone where thousands of supporters watched Iceland game
Cops suspect Mohamed Bouhlel was scouting the area where football fans would gather to watch the match to commit his heinous crime
FEARS the Bastille Bastard could have been planning an attack on thousands of football fans during Euro2016 have surfaced after snaps of the Nice fan zone were found on his phone.
Anti-terror cops discovered photographs of the supporters area on the mobile phone which including his chilling selfies taken on the same day as the Bastille massacre.
Sources close to the investigation say killer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31 took the "reconnaissance-style" snaps during a match in the city in early June.
At the end of June the same area was packed with 20,000 England supporters as the team took on - and lost - to Iceland.
Thousands of ticketless Three Lions fans watched the game in the fan-zone which is just yards from the Promenade des Anglais where Bouhlel killed 84 people.
Investigators are now trying to discover if Bouhlel had wanted to attack the fan-zone during the match - and if he did, why he aborted the plan.
A source said: “We are remaining cautious, but there is no explanation about why he took the fan zone photos.
"He could have been a supporter, but then he could also have been checking the security in the area.
"Given what is now known about him, the images of the fan zone are certainly suspicious.”
It's thought the tight security - which included walls along the entire perimeter - put off the lorry rampage killer.
Bouhlel took snaps of the Nice Jazz festival, another firework display and the city’s half-marathon.
It yesterday emerged that the lorry should have been banned from the Promenade des Anglais because it was five times over the weight limit.
All vehicles over 3.5 tonnes are not allowed on the seafront road - yet Bouhlel was somehow able to drive his 19-tonne vehicle onto the promenade.
Meanwhile police have arrested a man in Nice after he tried to sell personal items belonging to the victims of the Bastille Day online.
Authorities suspect the 39-year-old of taking the possessions from the promenade in the moments after the attack.
They recovered a bracelet, ring, glasses and flags from his apartment in the city.
Anti-terror cops been given a time extension to quiz a 22-year-old accused of being the recipient of the "bring more weapons" text message sent from the killer.
Last night it emerged that a man, who had claimed to be Bouhlel’s lawyer earlier this year had attempted suicide after the local legal standards board revealed he had never represented the man.
Corentin Delobel was recovering in hospital according toPresident of the Bar of Nice lawyers Jacques Randon.
He said that the facts concerning Mr Delobel “are serious. He gave a number of very dramatic interviews. He was due to appear at the regional disciplinary committee today."