Paris attack ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud linked to four foiled terror plots

Authorities unaware IS jihadist was in France before Paris attacks

The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks who was killed during a dramatic police shootout was linked to four foiled terror plots in France this year, the country’s interior minister has said.

Bernard Cazeneuve said French authorities had no information that Islamic State jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud was in France before last Friday’s massacre which left 129 dead.