Wearing a black and white checked shirt Mohamed Bouhlel grins and puts his middle finger up to the camera on July 12 as he sits in the cab of the 19-tonne truck he used to murder 84 people on Bastille Day
The second picture was taken on July 13, the eve of the attack, and shows Bouhlel grinning broadly as he and a friend wearing a white Paris St Germain football top stand by the lorry
Boulel loved sending selfie photos to people, and would record all of his relationships with other people, however brief
French anti-terror police retrieved the photos from ISIS killer Bouhlel's mobile phone after he was shot dead in the carnage
A prosecuting source confirmed that the photos ‘are genuine’ and that the second man in the photo taken outside the truck ‘is now in custody along with five others.’
The photos were leaked to TF1, the French private TV channel that is one of the most watched in Europe, and executives there took the decision to post them online.
It came as French detectives have interviewed the truck killer's male lover amid revelations he was a 'sex maniac' and an 'ultra-violent bisexual sadist'.
As his male and female lovers were interviewed in the wake of the massacre, it emerged he was sex-obsessed before his rapid decision to convert to Islam.
The killer had told a friend he had regularly watched videos of hostages being decapitated by ISIS online, and detectives described finding 'very violent' pictures of corpses on his computer.
Bouhlel's favourite lover was the 73-year-old male pensioner, but others described him as a 'sex maniac' and an 'ultra-violent bisexual sadist' when interviewed.
The 'sexually obsessed' killer had male and female conquests that he found on dating sites.
But the pensioner was described as his 'principal' lover by detectives who have unearthed details of his personal life by examining his mobile phone.
Bouhlel also regularly viewed sites showing violent sex as well as propaganda and graphic scenes of torture and beheadings.
A cousin described him as an 'unlikely jihadi' who drank alcohol, took drugs, ate pork and never went to a mosque.
Officers discovered the phone inside the bullet-riddled white lorry after his mile of carnage on Thursday when he was shot dead.
His phone was picked up by police officers after they shot him dead last Thursday in a lorry that he had used to kill 85 people on the Promenade des Anglais, in the French city of Nice
Bouhlel also talked of his delight in obtaining a 7.65 pistol and his hope for getting other weapons. Pictured his family home in Tunisia
Memorial of hate: A mourner spits on the pile of rubbish and stones at the exact spot on the Nice promenade where Bouhlel was shot dead
It has since emerged his estranged wife was planning on heading to the fireworks display but pulled out at the last minute citing 'personal reasons', according to local media.
Both his wife and her mother had been the victims of his domestic abuse, according to French detectives.
Bouhlel visited gyms and salsa bars regularly, and would also visit website 'showing pictures of executions', said BFM TV.
'The busy sex life of a man who had recently discovered a religious faith is shown by the data on the device,' BFM added.
The phone has also revealed chilling details of how the divorced father-of-three prepared his attack - revealing his delight in obtaining a 7.65 pistol and his hope for getting other weapons.
'Bring more weapons. Bringing in 5,' read one text, according to judicial sources.
An earlier text said: 'It's good. I have the equipment.'
The last text was sent at 10.27pm to one of the men now in custody following police raids over the weekend. It ended 'Bringing in five to C'.
Most of those arrested had been in contact with Bouhlel on a number of occasions, added the judicial source.
Anger: Another mourner kicks the shrine daubed with the word 'assassin' on the ground where Bouhlel was killed by police
Hero motorcyclist launches himself at terror truck in Nice
One theory being looked at was that Bouhlel was 'intent on committing suicide' and had designed his death 'in the style of a terrorist attack'.
This theory is supported by information gleaned from those in custody, according to the source.
These included Ramzie Arifa, 22, who 'spent time talking with Bouhlel before the attack'.
One of the police officers who shot Bouhlel dead has also spoken about the ordeal for the first time.
'He had stopped. The front of the vehicle was completely torn to pieces. The motor was off,' the unnamed officer revealed.
'I was completely sure what was happening. I saw a shadow emerge from the driver's side. He had a weapon.
'I aimed for the head – that's all I could see. He disappeared in the cabin and then reemerged.
'I shot twice more. His head fell back.
'Without knowing whether he was dead, I heard the order "stop shooting".'
Three of the six still in custody have been transferred to Levallois-Peret near Paris for further questioning by the Directorate of Internal Security (RPS).
I clung to the handle. I tried three or four times to open the door. I could see he was looking for something as the truck slowed down.
Alexandre Migues
But France's Minister of the Interior, Bernard Cazeneuve, said today that the links between the killer and 'terrorist networks' had not yet been established.
However, he said: 'The MO is borrowed completely from that of Daesh [ISIS].'
Speaking on RTL he added: 'We cannot exclude that an unbalanced and very violent individual, as his psychology shows he was, in one moment, rapidly radicalised and then committed this absolutely appalling crime.'
But he said it was clear from the first moment it had all the elements of a suicide attack and initial inquiries seem to show premeditation.
'There are people who are in custody, in the entourage or among those who at some point were in contact to supply him with arms.'
Meanwhile a modest hero has come forward to tell how he tried to stop killer Bouhlel's rampage.
Alexandre Migues said he saw the truck as it neared the end of the promenade.
Throwing his bike to one side he ran for 20 metres to catch up with Bouhlel, who had now slowed the truck to between five and 10km.
'I clung to the handle,' he told MBF TV. 'I tried three or four times to open the door. I could see he was looking for something as the truck slowed down.
'He pulled up a weapon. He waved it at me looking me straight in the eyes. I let go of the door handle.
'He was in command of that truck, that wheel. He was the master of the vehicle.'
He continued: 'I'd seen a person get crushed in front of me so my reaction was to follow and run.
'I tried to do my best to slow it down. But when he threatened me with his pistol, I let go of the handle.'
He said that he had also seen the motorcyclist caught on camera trying to stop the vehicle, but didn't know what had happened to him.
The man has never come forward or been found.
He added: 'You can see on video we managed to slow the truck. I wish i could have clung on longer to force him into the central reservation or at least to slow him down enough so that people could flee.
'From where we started to slow down the truck for 150 metres there were no victims. I was so relieved.'
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