Isis has claimed the Nice attacker, a drug abuser known for outbursts of anger, was one of their soldiers.
French people have taken to Twitter to make fun of Isis after the terrorist group claimed responsibility for the Bastille Day attack in Nice.
The Amaq news agency, the jihadists' propaganda site, claimed Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was "one of the soldiers of the Islamic State", but French authorities have not discovered any links between Bouhlel with any terrorist organisation.
Bouhlel killed 84 people and injured hundreds more when he drove a lorry for over a mile through crowds gathered for Bastille Day celebrations.
Text message from Nice attack killer reveals he may not have been acting alone. In the message they Expressede their contempt for the group and its dubious claims, French nationals have used the hashtag #DaeshRevendique, or #IsisClaims, to speculate what other bad things the group might next take responsibility for.
French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said there is no evidence linking Isis to Bouhlel.
Instead, he emphasized the role that drug abuse and anger problems might have played in making him carry out the massacre.
Mr Cazeneuve said Bouhlel was “an unbalanced and very violent individual”.
Ten children were among the dead in Nice. The youngest child brought to the Foundation Lenval Hospital after the attack was just six months old.
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