Belgian national masterminded Paris attacks

Police meanwhile freed one of his brothers without charge, following his arrest at the weekend in the wake of the attacks in which a third Abdeslam brother took part as a suicide bomber, officials said.

Salah Abdeslam, a Belgium-born French national, had been questioned by French police earlier but was not detained, a source close to the investigation into the Paris attacks said. They spoke on condition of anonymity, lacking authorization to publicly disclose such details.

Frenchman of Algerian descent involved in Bataclan concert hall attack, lived for a time in Chartres area, southwest of Paris.

– Two cars – a black Seat, and a black Volkswagen Polo registered in Belgium – appear to have been used in the Paris attacks.

“The awful attacks that were directed against us on Friday were prepared overseas by a group of individuals based in Belgium who, as the investigation will show, benefited from accomplices in France”, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in Paris on Sunday.

Cameron announced earlier that his government is doubling spending on aviation security and is recruiting a few 1,900 security and intelligence agents.

“It’s just a start”, Cazeneuve said. The one who targets the Republic, the Republic will catch him, will be implacable.

Molenbeek also home to one of the 2004 Madrid train bombers and the main suspect in the 2014 Jewish Museum attack in Brussels, while the perpetrator of the foiled attack in August on the Amsterdam-Paris train stayed in Molenbeek with his sister before boarding in Brussels. The special action began early Monday.

Heavily armed Belgian police also launched a major operation in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels, which authorities consider to be a focal point for extremists and fighters going to Syria from Belgium.

French authorities have said the plot was masterminded from Syria.

The identification of several French suspects stoked fears of homegrown terrorism in France, which has exported more jihadis than any other in Europe, and seen many return from the fight. It notified French authorities in December 2014 and in June 2015.

The official said that in January, two brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, staged a bloody siege in Paris.

The official can not be named because of rules barring civil servants from speaking to reporters without authorization.

By Monday, anti-terror police in France had raided more than 150 properties across the country as they targeted Islamist circles. We were hit together, and we will respond together. They are believed to have indirectly contributed to the terror attacks in Paris. Funds will also be provided for aviation security experts to provide regular assessments of airports around the world.

Another bomber, Ismael Mostefai, 29, had already been named by police, after being identified through remains found at the Bataclan music hall, one of six separate attack sites across Paris and its suburbs. Amimour was placed under judicial supervision, but dropped off authorities’ radar in 2013 and an global arrest warrant was issued. “Our family owes everything to this country”, he said.

One of three bombers who detonated themselves at the Stade de France late Friday arrived on the Greek island of Leros on October 3 among numerous Syrian refugees, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour reported, citing an unnamed French senator who was briefed by the Ministry of the Interior.

He also urged fellow European countries: “We need to exchange more and more intelligence”.

Didier Reynders told reporters on Monday that “we need to exchange more and more intelligence”. The man was carried out of the building through the skylight.

Though there are concerns over the impact on the French economy, especially what happens to consumer sentiment, the markets have largely held up early Monday.

The Stoxx 50 index of leading European shares was down 0.2 percent, while the CAC-40 index in Paris was only 0.4 percent lower. French, from Drancy, Saint Denis, north of Paris. Francois Hollande says France will intensify its campaign in Syria, where he said the attacks were planned by so-called Islamic State.

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