Police had been unable to identify him as the third Bataclan attacker for almost a month, until his mother got a text from Syria 10 days ago informing her of his death as a martyr November 13 – the day of the Paris attacks.
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Expressing his shock over his son’s actions, Saïd Mohamed Aggad told Le Parisien newspaper he would have killed the 23-year-old had he known his intent. And with this new information, authorities in France investigating the terrorist attacks in Paris now know the identity of the third killer at the Bataclan concert venue.
The suicide bomber joined the so-called Islamic State in Syria in 2013, along with his brother and ten other young men who were radicalized and recruited by the terrorist organization.
“What is important is that the investigation is progressing, that the accomplices are found out, that arrests happen”, he said.
In all, 130 people died during the terror attacks in Paris November 13.
The third Bataclan attacker was identified by French officials on Wednesday. The two other bombers have been identified as Omar Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, and 28-year-old Samy Amimour.
Mohamed-Aggad was identified at the end of last week after his DNA matched a sample offered by his mother, Cotta said. Aggad made a decision to stay in Syria for two years while the others returned to France a year earlier where they were arrested for terrorism charges.
Wissembourg and Strasbourg are part of the eastern region of France, one of six of 13 regions where the National Front with its anti-immigrant policies is leading after the first round of elections last Sunday.
The rock band Eagles of Death Metal were on stage when the attackers burst in, and began shooting.
Mohamed-Aggad’s older brother Karim, who also visited Syria, is in jail in France, the Reuters news agency reported, citing a judicial source.
So far, all attackers were French or Belgian and were native French speakers.
There were three suicide bombers at the stadium, commandos who shot up bars and restaurants, another suicide bomber at a restaurant, and the three gunmen who have since been identified that were behind the attack on the Bataclan.
They were with an unidentified man who apparently carried a fake Syrian passport under the name Ahmad al-Mohammad.
All claimed to have gone to do humanitarian work but prosecutors believe they meant to fight for IS, which claimed responsibility for the carnage in Paris.
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But the Bataclan was by far the deadliest attack.
