Salah Abdeslam, the eighth attacker who has been directly linked to the violence on Friday, is still on the loose.
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The black Seat found in Montreuil was one of three cars discovered after the massacres. In the past week police have used the state of emergency decree to enter 793 premises across France.
In spite of the increased bombings on their bases after the Paris attack, ISIS said through their English magazine that they will “retaliate with fire and bloodshed'”.
“We ask the French authorities…to publicly make the relevant clarification”, the ministry said.
Still, it has left Brussels on edge, in particular in Molenbeek, a predominantly Muslim working class area that has come under global scrutiny.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls added that a few of the killers in the Paris attacks had taken advantage of Europe’s migrant crisis to “slip in” unnoticed and warned the cherished Schengen zone would be in danger if the bloc did not improve border controls.
“We know today … that the mastermind of the attacks – or one of them, let’s remain cautious – was among those dead”, Valls told reporters.
People mourn outside “Le Petit Cambodge” restaurant a week after a series of deadly attacks in the French capital Paris, France, November 22, 2015.
Both Abaaoud and Ait Boulahcen were killed in a chaotic and bloody seven-hour raid on the Saint-Denis apartment on Wednesday.
Moroccan security officials provided information that helped their French counterparts launch the raids in the Paris suburb, a Moroccan source said earlier this week.
Belgium has been at the heart of investigations into the Paris attacks after links emerged to Brussels, and the poor district of Molenbeek in particular. He also aims to boost funding for Belgium’s security against terrorism.
The announcement comes after the French National Assembly yesterday voted to extend emergency powers for another three months, after French President Francois Hollande enforced the measures for 12 days immediately after the attacks.
“The European cannot take more time. This is urgent”, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.
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“Terrorists are crossing the borders of the European Union”, he said, underlining why the EU must adopt a so-called passenger name record system, which has been held up for years.
