A Belgian official said the seven people detained would learn later whether they would be held longer in custody. Lofven said Saturday “We have been in contact with the next of kin”.
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Crowds gathered to enter Notre-Dame Cathedral for a memorial service, following the terrorist attacks on Friday evening.
In a message to parishioners, the cardinal said: ‘Our country knows the pain of mourning and must face barbarity propagated by fanatical groups’.
They believe that another of the assailants may also have passed through Greece with Syrian refugees fleeing the country’s civil war.
He said the USA stands with Turkey and Europe in reducing the flow of migrants.
Row after row of flowers could be seen stacked outside the trendy restaurant in the east of the city, as mourners huddled together to grieve over the innocent victims. The French described Friday’s atrocities as “our 9/11”.
A homegrown, French connection has also been identified.
In all, three teams of attackers including seven suicide bombers attacked the national stadium, the concert hall and nearby nightspots.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Mostefai was on authorities’ radar for radicalization in 2010, but had not previously been implicated in a terrorism investigation.
– The game was being watched by 80,000 spectators, among them was President Francois Hollande who had to be evacuated from the stadium.
– The first explosion, a suicide bombing, was at an entrance to the stadium. At the Bataclan, the attackers were overheard speaking about both places. At least 89 people died there in the bloodiest of the coordinated attacks. The attackers then drove off.
As police stormed the venue, two of the gunmen blew themselves up, while the third was shot by police.
A Volkswagen Polo auto rented in Belgium that is believed to have been used by the attackers was found near the Bataclan.
Another, who blew himself at the at the Stade de France, was carrying a Syrian passport and was born in 1990.
Another attacker was identified as Ismael Omar Mostefai, 29, a French citizen who lived in the town of Courcouronnes, just south of Paris. He was known to police and had previous convictions. He was identified by the fingerprint on a severed digit found after he detonated his suicide belt.
He is said to have regularly attended a mosque near Chartres.
Mostefai’s family appears to be cooperating with authorities.
The Seat was found abandoned in the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil with three Kalashnikov automatic rifles inside, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported Sunday.
In Belgium, raids were conducted in a Brussels suburb, Justice Ministry spokeswoman Sieghild Lacoere said. Specifically, the ticket was from a Brussels neighborhood called Molenbeek, known as being a hotspot of terrorist activity, according to Bloomberg News.
– French police are still hunting for two gunmen on the run and an ISIS bombmaker likely to have made the suicide vests.
Traditional open-air markets were cancelled under stringent security procedures and many people stayed at home. Disneyland Paris was shut down until Wedneday and Paris’ iconic Eiffel Tower was also closed to the public.
At least three of the terrorists involved in Friday’s attacks in France, have spent time in Syria, a French official told CNN Sunday.
Iraqi intelligence warned US-led coalition countries of an imminent assault the day before the Paris attacks, it has emerged. Sources told RTBF that this vehicle could be the one used by three of those involved to return to Belgium after the attacks.
Greek authorities said on Saturday the passport matched one used by someone who had landed on the island of Leros.
In May this year, The Mail on Sunday revealed the concerns of security analysts that Islamic State extremists were being smuggled into Europe among refugees crossing the Mediterranean. The destination programmed into his satnav system was Paris but officers failed to alert anti-terror police.
Fabius said he has also ordered security to be reinforced at French diplomatic posts and institutions around the world.
Unlike those in January against Charlie Hebdo, none of the assailants had ever been jailed for terror offences.
None of these details have been corroborated by officials of France or other Western intelligence agencies. “Paris changes everything”, said Markus Soeder, the finance minister of Bavaria – the state where most asylum seekers have arrived in Germany.
The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. They’re keen on joining radical Muslims and they’re keen to fight.
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But far-right populist Marine Le Pen is now making gains by blaming France’s security problems on immigration and Islam.
