Seven of the Paris attackers died on the same night as the attacks.
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“Others were in Belgium already”.
Hundreds of Belgians joined a candlelight vigil in solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks on Wednesday in Molenbeek, the troubled Brussels neighbourhood where the brothers lived.
Jean-Marc Falcone, speaking Friday on France-Info radio, said he is unable to say if Salah Abdeslam could be back on French territory.
The Belgian jihadi suspected of masterminding deadly attacks in Paris was killed in a police raid on a suburban apartment building, the city prosecutor’s office announced Thursday.
129 individuals were killed by Friday’s strikes. “It’s a condition of our collective security”, he said.
European Union interior and justice ministers gathering for an emergency meeting on how best to respond to the threat of violent extremism will hear urging from France and Belgium to tighten gun laws, toughen border security and choke off funds to extremist groups.
Mr Valls said some of the Paris attackers had taken advantage of the massive influx of migrants into Europe fleeing conflict. Admission to the program would be contingent on a judicial review, Mr. Valls said, and jihadists returning from Iraq or Syria would not be allowed to participate.
The official said Abaaoud was at the Croix de Chavaux metro station in the suburb of Montreuil at 10.14pm on November 13. They had believed he was in Syria until receiving a tipoff Monday that he was in France.
The Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
On the news of Abaaoud’s death, French MPs broke into applause.
“We don’t know yet one can imagine”.
Manuel Valls said the EU’s cherished passport-free Schengen zone would be in danger if the bloc did not improve border controls, after it emerged the ringleader of the Paris attacks had managed to enter Europe unnoticed.
Others decided that enjoying themselves was the best way to defy the extremists.
A woman lights a candle near a Parisian peace sign at Place de la Republique.
Mr. Valls was addressing the French parliament ahead of a vote to extend the state of emergency by three months.
Next week, French President Francois Hollande is going to Washington and Moscow to push for a stronger worldwide coalition against IS.
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Valls, in a speech at the National Assembly, where lawmakers were debating a three-month extension of a state of emergency, warned that France “must not rule anything out” when considering the possibility that terrorists might use chemical weapons, though he did not provide any indication that investigators suspected an imminent attack.
