Roll call of suspects involved in attacks
FRANCE and Belgium are striving to identify the attackers and chief suspects in the attacks that killed at least 129 people in Paris last Friday.
Yesterday, police launched an assault on a flat in Saint Denis, north of Paris. The public prosecutor said a woman inside the flat blew herself up during the raid and police took three men into custody.
They also detained a man and a woman, both unarmed, nearby. A list of some of the attackers who died in the Friday attacks, as well as others central to the investigation, has been compiled. Dead attackers
Ismail Omar Mostefai, 29, Frenchman of Algerian descent involved in Bataclan concert hall attack. Born in Courcouronnes, south of Paris. Name was put on French intelligence services’ “S notice” in 2010 for radicalisation. A senior Turkish government official says Turkey contacted France about Mostefai in December 2014 and June 2015 but only got a return request for information on him after the Paris attacks.
Samy Amimour, 28, involved in Bataclan attack. French, from Drancy, north of Paris. Subject of international arrest warrant since late 2013. Had been under investigation since October 2012 on suspicion of terrorism-related activity.
Brahim Abdeslam, 31, French, resident of Belgium. Blew himself up at Comptoir Voltaire cafe in Paris. Brother of Salah Abdeslam, who is still at large.
Bilal Hadfi, 20. Involved in Stade de France attack.
Other: Suicide bomber involved in Stade de France attack. Passport found beside this dead body carries name of Ahmad Al Mohammad, 25, from Idlib, north-west Syria.
Other: Third suicide bomber who died in Stade de France attacks. Key suspects at large
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian, the suspected mastermind of the attacks. Abaaoud is a resident of the Molenbeek district of Brussels. Also named by media last year as 27-year-old elder brother of a 13-year-old boy who left Belgium to become a fighter in Syria.
Salah Abdeslam, 26, French, born in Brussels. Suspected of having rented car used in attacks in Paris. Lawyer Xavier Carette said Abdeslam returned from Paris to Brussels on Saturday morning after being stopped by French police three times along the way. Abdeslam had called his client, Mohammad Amri, two hours after the attacks and said his car had broken down.
Detained
Belgium: Two of seven people arrested in November 14 raids were detained on terrorism charges. Carette said his client Mohammad Amri and a friend were unwitting accomplices.
France: Police arrested 25 people in swoops on suspected Islamist militants on Sunday night. Several hundred police raids have taken place. – Reuters