Paris Attack Ringleader Caught on CCTV

The father of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged ringleader of the Paris attacks, said he regretted his son died in a shootout with police in France, his lawyer said on Friday.

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Abdelhamid Abaaoud was confirmed dead on Thursday, a day after he was killed in a police raid on a safe house in the suburb of Saint-Denis.

Counter-terrorism expert, Seth Jones of the RAND Corporation think tank says Abaaoud was likely travelling on false documents and once inside Europe’s (passport-free) Schengen area he would have travelled freely.

The attack on the Bataclan concert hall was still under way when Moroccan-born Abaaoud was seen on the Metro system.

Referring to Abaaoud, who was based in Belgium for much of his life, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said he was baffled as to how he managed to routinely get into France overland from Syria. He was planning to attack unknown targets in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, a prosecutor said on Friday. It was not clear whether she had any role in the attacks.

His body was riddled with bullet wounds & he was identified by his fingerprints, officers stated Thurs.as they formally announced his death. In the early hours of Wednesday, police launched an assault that lasted seven hours. He has been in custody since, the source said.

The suspects appeared to be “prepared to act” in another possible attack, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said, noting their weaponry, structured organization and determination. The measure now goes to the Senate, where it likely will be approved.

The state of emergency expands police powers to carry out arrests and searches and allows authorities to forbid the movement of people and vehicles at specific times and places.

On Friday, the French Parliament extended the country’s state of emergency by three months, following last week’s terror attacks that left 130 people dead. “But we know and bear in mind that there is also a risk of chemical or bacteriological weapons”, Mr Valls said.

“The way they are killing is constantly evolving”, Valls said.

Inside the vehicle police found an arsenal of weapons including several kalashnikovs.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius urged the global community to do more to eradicate the Islamic State, which has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

“Everyone must understand that it is urgent for Europe to recover, get organized and defend itself against the terrorist threat”, Cazeneuve said. “It is necessary to move fast and hard”.

Official sources in France have also identified a woman who blew herself up during the raid: 26-year-old Hasna Ait Boulahcen, a relative of Abaaoud. The suspect breaks all traffic signals and runs his White truck in full speed but the cops succeeds in capturing him.

“Omar Abaaoud regrets that his son was not taken alive”, Nathalie Gallant told journalists two days after the 28-year-old was gunned down north of Paris. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing. Belgian reports suggested Abdeslam wanted to hand himself in and had been seen three days ago. “It’s a condition of our collective security”, he said.

It prevents the kind of intensive security checks administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Hollande spoke by phone with President Barack Obama, who was in the Philippines.

Since the attacks, requests for information about joining the French army have surged.

Russian Federation has taken military action in Syria independently of the U.S.-led coalition, attacking ISIS but also other groups opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a close ally of Moscow.