Five people believed to be linked to the man who killed 84 people in Nice are in police custody, the Paris prosecutor’s office says.
Three arrests were made yesterday and two on Friday, including the man’s estranged wife, Le Monde reported.
Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a lorry into crowds marking Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais on Thursday before he was shot dead by police.
So-called Islamic State claimed one of its followers carried out the attack.
French President Francois Hollande, who says the attack was a terrorist act, has already moved to extend a state of emergency by three months.