Paris attacks: Death toll rises to 130, French PM Manuel Valls confirms

Cazeneuve said all of the foiled attacks against France had the same modus operandi, the “planning from overseas of a violent act by jihadists from European countries, trained in the use of weapons and then sent to our territory to carry out the attacks”.

The scale of the global Islamist threat was underlined yesterday by an attack by gunmen on an worldwide hotel in the Malian capital Bamako – a former French colony – which left a suspected 27 dead, with scores taken hostage.

Authorities say Molenbeek, an area with a history of links to terror plots, was a home base to a few of the Paris attackers, including two brothers.

The arrival of a few million migrants, including many Syrian refugees, this year and their subsequent mass movements across Europe’s borders has shaken the Schengen system.

French police have identified four of seven attackers who were killed or blew themselves up in the co-ordinated attacks last Saturday (NZT).

“Twitter users are calling for a display of “noise and light” in Paris to mark the one-week anniversary of the attacks, galvanized under the hashtag “#21h20” – or 9:20pm, the time when the November 13 attacks began.

A Turkish government official says authorities have deported a few among a group of eight Moroccan nationals who were detained at Istanbul’s main airport, while others are still being investigated.

In the European Union, ministers agreed to rush through reforms to the passport-free Schengen zone to tighten the bloc’s borders, and Belgium put out its highest terror alert in its capital, warning of a “serious and imminent threat”.

Police believe Abdeslam may have driven the three Stade de France bombers to the stadium before moving on to the 18th arrondissement. A last-minute change of plan would help explain why Abdeslam, whose brother Brahim blew himself up in a cafe near the Place de la Nation, did not detonate his own explosive vest and instead fled Paris for Belgium the morning after the attacks. Six were released after being arrested in connection with an investigation into Hadfi Bilal, one of the suicide bombers in the attacks, that predated the tragedy, while one was held for further questioning.

Security fears after the Paris attacks have also seen states reintroduce checks at once-untended frontiers.

Marking a week since the carnage, a few Parisians lit candles and paid tribute to the victims with silent reflection Friday night.

The toll in the multiple gun-and-bomb attacks in Paris on November 13 has increased to 130 people dead, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced Friday.

One of the police sources also said Abaaoud had been caught on camera at a suburban metro station, after the shootings and at cafes and restaurants in central Paris but while a massacre in the Bataclan concert hall was still underway. More than 350 other people were wounded.

He spoke as lawmakers voted to extend a state of emergency for three months.

Hollande said he would appeal to world leaders to form a wider coalition to go after ISIS, including in meetings next week with U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

No European Union intelligence agency was able to warn France that Abaaoud, who is of Moroccan origin and carries a Belgian passport, had arrived in Europe ahead of the attacks on the national stadium, a concert hall and a string of central Paris bars and restaurants.