As French authorities investigate the deadly attacks in Paris, a picture of some of the suspected attackers and their accomplices is beginning to emerge.
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France and Belgium staged dozens of raids yesterday on suspected extremists as the manhunt continued for an eighth jihadist, including in a known radical hotspot in Brussels where some of the attackers are thought to have lived.
A bill that would extend the state of emergency for three months will be presented to parliament on Wednesday, Hollande said, while also calling for a new law that would strip dual citizens caught with ties to terrorism of their French nationality.
France’s prime minister says some of the victims have not yet been identified, as police in several countries continue to search for those involved in last week’s attacks.
One of the attackers who died Friday night after detonating his suicide belt was Ibrahim Abdeslam, brother of Salah and Mohamad. One of the individuals they’re looking for, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, is said to be the mastermind behind the attacks.
Five police officers suffered minor injuries in the siege and a seven-year-old police dog named Diesel was killed.
The multiple attacks on the French capital – which resulted in the deaths of at least 129 people – have been reported as being in retaliation to France’s recent commencement of combat action in Syria.
Abdeslam said his parents were “in shock” and “don’t really know what happened” but the he and his family were “very moved by what had happened”.
As indications grew of a Belgian connection, today’s Belgium-Spain football friendly was cancelled because of security concerns after Belgium raised its terrorist threat level to severe.
The identities of the two men charged have not been publicly disclosed.
He said: “We need to be doing everything we can to protect against more attacks and protect our people”.
“Conducted in coordination with U.S. forces, the raid was aimed at sites identified during reconnaissance missions previously carried out by France”.
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The man, detained in the town of Arnsberg in western Germany, is being investigated on suspicion of having told Syrian refugees at the centre in recent days that fear and terror would be spread in Paris.
