Brothers ‘Were Fighting’ Before Paris Attacks

As an increasingly detailed picture emerges of a network of European-born jihadists with ties to Syria, investigators are working around the clock to find Salah Abdeslam, an eighth gunman who is still on the run. “He was overwhelmed by what was happening”, the friend said. I did not know that they had been radicalized. Salah had allegedly arranged for the auto that was used by the attackers and had fled during the attacks, while another brother of Salah, Brahim, 31, blew himself up outside the Comptoir Voltaire Café on Friday, injuring three people.

Lawyer Xavier Carette told Belgian broadcaster RTBF that Abdeslam returned to Brussels from Paris on Saturday morning after being stopped by French police three times along the way.

He said he regretted his part in the attacks, which had “gone too far”.

On Tuesday, a black Clio with Belgian number plates was found abandoned in the 18th.

The magazine said that Abdeslam had asked a friend to meet him to pass a message to his family – and warn the friend against being drawn into radical Islam.

Police have traced a mobile-phone call that he made at 10.30pm – while the slaughter at the Bataclan concert hall was still in progress – asking friends to drive the 200 miles from Brussels to rescue him.

An unnamed senior Turkish government official says Turkey flagged Mostefai as a possible terror suspect in December 2014 and June 2015, but only got a return request for information on him after the Paris attacks.

Police are trying to work out whether this was drugs taking paraphernalia or equipment linked to the killers’ explosive-packed belts. We are an open-minded family. And you must also understand that because of the tragedy my parents are in shock. We never had any problem with the police.

Special forces took part in 128 counter-terrorism raids across France today as the hunt for those behind the Paris attacks continued. Mohamad said he had no involvement, was briefly detained, then released.

Meanwhile a friend of Abdeslam’s in Molenbeek told Ouest-France how the wanted man had a history of being with a long line of women, including a Brit.

It came as the French Airforce launched a second night of heavy bombing in Syria of the positions of Islamic State, who are known to have coordinated the Paris attacks.

The Paris attacks have left not only the French, but the world shaken and allies of France are aiding the country in finding all who involved and bringing them to justice.