What we know about the Paris attacks terror suspects

As investigators hunt for leads in Europe’s worst terror attack in a decade, the Paris prosecutor laid out how three teams of assailants managed to kill at least 129 people in and around one of the world’s most heavily policed capitals.

What we know about the Paris attacks terror suspects

Suicide bombers and gunmen linked to the Islamic State group “were behind how the terrorist acts unfolded”, Francois Molins said in a televised press conference.

One of the suicide bombers in the attacks has been identified as Ismael Omar Mostefai, who lived in a Paris suburb and probably spent a few months in Syria during 2013 and 2014, Le Monde reported, citing Chartres Mayor Jean-Pierre Gorges, a member of parliament, and another unidentified source.

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