Belgium Raids Paris Attacks

A Belgian official said two of the seven suicide bombers were French men living in Brussels, and among those arrested was another French citizen living in the Belgian capital. And AFP reported that the two men were detained after police raided their homes 130 kilometers (81 miles) east of Paris. Mehdi Nemmouche, a radicalized French citizen who had spent a year in Syria, has been extradited to Belgium, where he awaits trial.

Law enforcement authorities traced suspects in the Paris terror attacks to Molenbeek, where they arrested three people Saturday. “We work very closely with the host association and also with our risk assessors to ensure the security of the teams, the spectators and everyone else who is working on site including media, ITF and national association staff and other workers”. In Belgium, raids were conducted in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Justice Ministry spokeswoman Sieghild Lacoere said.

“A case has immediately been opened linked to suspect vehicles in Paris, to check people linked to those vehicles”, Michel told German TV station RTL, per i24News.

At least two people involved in the attacks in Paris were brothers, identified as Ibrahim and Salah Abdeslam, according to a senior European intelligence official familiar with the case, writes The Washington Post.

A spokesman for Bavarian state police confirmed earlier Saturday that firearms, explosives and hand grenades were found when police stopped a man near the German-Austrian border on November 5. He was identified thanks to a fingerprint from his severed finger, he added.

Two of the 7 terrorists killed in Paris reportedly lived in the Belgian capital.

At least 129 people were killed and more than 350 injured in coordinated attacks that targeted the Bataclan, restaurants and the Stade de France stadium.

SEVEN attackers, all armed with Kalashnikov rifles and wearing suicide belts, carried out the Isis-inspired Paris massacre, the city’s chief prosecutor revealed last night.

At three different locations, hundreds of empty cartridge cases were found after the attacks. Islamic State said there were eight attackers.

The Bataclan attackers mentioned both Syria and Iraq during short negotiations held with them after they took hostages in the concert hall, Molins said.

The Vecernji List newspaper in Zagreb reported that he passed from Serbia into Croatia on October 8.

From the Saudi-based headquarters of the 57-nation bloc, OIC chief Iyad Madani said the organization firmly rejects any terrorist acts that violate the right to life and that seek to undermine the “values of freedom and equality that France has consistently promoted”.

Belgium has the highest per-capita number of nationals who have travelled to fight with the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, officials and analysts have said, leading to concerns that it is becoming a heart of radicalism in Europe.

He said he’s been on the streets since then, and all the public institutions like museums and the Eiffel tower, big shops and centres are all closed.

The Eurostar cross-Channel train service has offered to refund any customers with tickets from London to Paris.