French Authorities Identify Body of Suspected Ringleader of Paris Attacks

Eight other people were arrested in the operation.

Islamic State, which controls swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq, has claimed responsibility, saying the attacks were in retaliation for French air raids against their positions over the past year.

Amri’s lawyer has said that Amri was in Brussels when he received a call from Salah Abdeslam two hours after the attacks on Friday night.

Morocco is closely following its 1,500 nationals who have left to fight alongside the Islamic State and is particularly interested in those jiahdists with dual nationality who have more freedom to move around thanks to their two passports. French police issued a wanted poster for his arrest. Under one of the measures being adopted in France, police officers will be allowed to carry weapons when they are off duty.

“What we have seen is that there was a clear link between security of the EU’s external borders and security within the European Union”, she said.

Following Friday’s attack, French authorities said police conducted almost 800 raids. Numerous attackers lived in Belgium and USA authorities have said a few were on U.S.no-fly lists.

“It was only on November 16, after the Paris attacks, that an intelligence service outside Europe signaled that it had been aware that he had been in Greece”, he said, without specifying when Abaaoud was spotted there and who gave France the intelligence.

Before the police raid in Saint-Denis, a Belgian court in July sentenced Abaooud in absentia to 20 years in prison for recruiting terrorists in Syria. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins confirmed this Wednesday evening.

Abaaoud died in a French police raid on Wednesday.

The prosecutors’ office said in a statement that the body is that of a woman but her identity is unclear.

Belgium police are still investigating ties between Brussels and the attack.

The count does not include any of the attackers who died.

Since the Belgian connection was discovered, the government has vowed to tighten security and crack down on suspected extremists.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has warned that France could face chemical or biological attack from terror groups, as deputies voted to extend the state of emergency after the attacks.

“The European cannot take more time. This is urgent”, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.