The number of people who died in Paris attacks on Friday has increased to 132 as police intensify a manhunt for suspects, Mirror online reports. Three Kalashnikov rifles have been found in an abandoned car believed to have been used in the Paris gun and bomb attacks, according to reports.
Officials said a Seat car was discovered in the Paris suburb of Montreuil, but they could not confirm if this was the same Seat spotted at the scene of attacks on Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant, Sky News reports. It comes as a French citizen – Ismael Omar Mostefai – was named as one of the terrorists who was reportedly inside the Bataclan concert hall where at least 89 people died.
The Belgian broadcaster RTBF is reporting two of the attackers were from Brussels.
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At least six people have now been arrested in Belgium and on the Belgian-French border, but Belgian officials have declined to comment on reports the attacks were largely planned in Brussels.
A French official said a brother of one of the seven suicide bombers was among those facing questioning.
As investigators try to identify all the attackers, and any potential accomplices, they are also examining two passports found at the scenes of the attacks.
The Mayor of Chartres said Mostefai, 29, was killed carrying out one of six attacks on Friday night.
French newspaper Le Monde said he was identified from a print from his severed finger, discovered after he detonated a suicide vest inside the Bataclan.
Mostefai was born in Courcouronnes, Essonne, and lived in Chartres, southwest of Paris.
He had a criminal record and was known to security services but had not spent time in jail or been linked to any extremist groups.
According to French news website RTL, Mostefai’s brother turned up at a police station near his home in the south of Paris explaining that he had not been heard from in months. Former neighbours described Mostefai as “a bloke like any other.”
Paris prosecutor’s office said some of Mostefai’s family members had been held, without giving details.
Three teams of attackers in identical explosives vests appear to have co-ordinated the “act of barbarism” that left a total 129 people dead and 352 injured across the French capital.
A French citizen is among three people detained at the Belgian border, while others were held in police raids in Molenbeek, an immigrant area of Brussels.
Officials said a Seat car was discovered in the Paris suburb of Montreuil, but they could not confirm if this was the same Seat spotted at the scene of attacks on Le Carillon bar and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant, Sky News reports. It comes as a French citizen – Ismael Omar Mostefai – was named as one of the terrorists who was reportedly inside the Bataclan concert hall where at least 89 people died.
The Belgian broadcaster RTBF is reporting two of the attackers were from Brussels.
Continue to read more
At least six people have now been arrested in Belgium and on the Belgian-French border, but Belgian officials have declined to comment on reports the attacks were largely planned in Brussels.
A French official said a brother of one of the seven suicide bombers was among those facing questioning.
As investigators try to identify all the attackers, and any potential accomplices, they are also examining two passports found at the scenes of the attacks.
The Mayor of Chartres said Mostefai, 29, was killed carrying out one of six attacks on Friday night.
French newspaper Le Monde said he was identified from a print from his severed finger, discovered after he detonated a suicide vest inside the Bataclan.
Mostefai was born in Courcouronnes, Essonne, and lived in Chartres, southwest of Paris.
He had a criminal record and was known to security services but had not spent time in jail or been linked to any extremist groups.
According to French news website RTL, Mostefai’s brother turned up at a police station near his home in the south of Paris explaining that he had not been heard from in months. Former neighbours described Mostefai as “a bloke like any other.”
Paris prosecutor’s office said some of Mostefai’s family members had been held, without giving details.
Three teams of attackers in identical explosives vests appear to have co-ordinated the “act of barbarism” that left a total 129 people dead and 352 injured across the French capital.
A French citizen is among three people detained at the Belgian border, while others were held in police raids in Molenbeek, an immigrant area of Brussels.
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