Killer’s secret sex life
France truck fiend was bi
The married fanatic who fatally mowed down 84 people in France last week lived a secret life as a bisexual man — just like the Orlando nightclub killer, investigators revealed Monday.
Tunisian-born dad of three Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, trolled for male and female sex partners on dating Web sites and kept racy videos and photographs of the ones he slept with on his phone, including his main squeeze — a 73-year-old male retiree, according to news accounts.
Omar Mateen, a 29year-old married Muslim father who shot up the gay Pulse club in Florida last month, also kept his bisexuality discreet.
Bouhlel was familiar with Mateen’s rampage, researching it on his phone, authorities said.
Mateen pledged his allegiance to ISIS during his massacre, which claimed the lives of 49 people. Bouhlel had also shown support for ISIS.
French police discovered the photos of Bouhlel’s sexual encounters on his cellphone as part of their investigation into his attack Thursday in Nice. They shot him dead inside the truck he used to mow down scores of people enjoying the Bastille Day fireworks on the Promenade des Anglais.
On Monday, throngs held a moment of silence to honor the victims on the promenade — where angry people also piled trash in an anti-memorial of hate to Bouhlel.
Bouhlel’s phone also shed light on his heavy drinking and drug use, which, like homosexuality, are forbidden by his faith.
Investigators have used evidence from his phone to arrest seven suspects they believe may have helped him in his attack.
The killer even used his phone to snap a selfie inside his rented truck moments before plowing into crowds of people. He sent the picture to family members in Tunisia.
Several foreign news agencies have reported that Bouhlel had been indoctrinated about two weeks ago by an Algerian member of ISIS in Nice.
Bouhlel’s uncle, Sadok Bouhlel, told The Associated Press his nephew was easy prey for the Algerian recruiter because he was vulnerable as a result of being estranged from his wife and three children.