‘Mastermind’ of Paris terror attacks Abdelhamid Abaaoud killed during police siege

Apparently referring to worldwide talks to end the Syrian war, another man identified in the video as Al Karrar the Iraqi tells French President Francois Hollande “we have chose to negotiate with you in the trenches and not in the hotels”.

Officials had said earlier that they were having difficulty confirming the identity of two suspects who died in Wednesday morning’s major raid, because of the condition the bodies were in. Islamic state militants have claimed responsibility for the carnage.

As an worldwide manhunt continued for fugitive Salah Abdeslam, German police said three people were arrested Tuesday in the case by a SWAT team near the western city of Aachen, close to the border with Belgium.

On Monday, the Paris prosecutor’s office identified another of the Bataclan attackers as Samy Amimour, a 28-year-old from the Parisian suburb of Drancy. It invoked an article of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty that has never been used, which states nations must provide assistance when one of its members falls victim to “armed aggression”.

He told reporters the strikes were aimed at weakening and disorganising IS.

Determined to root out jihadists within French communities, Hollande said he would present a bill Wednesday seeking to extend a state of emergency – granting the police and military greater powers of search and arrest, and local governments the right to ban demonstrations and impose curfews – for another three months.

French military spokesman Col. Gilles Jaron said the latest airstrikes in the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in the Syrian city of Raqqa destroyed a command post and training camp. IS has positions in Aleppo province, while the Nusra militant group is in Idlib.

Previously officials had not specified how many people were involved in the attack on the sidewalk bar on La Fontaine au Roi street, as well as the other night spots.

One group of the assailants on Friday moved around a number of Paris cafes and bars shooting at customers on pavement terraces. But two US officials said that many, though not all, of the attackers identified so far were on the U.S.no-fly list.

Cazeneuve said the majority of those involved in the attacks were unknown to the French security services.

He said he didn’t know where his brother Salah was or whether he would surrender to police, and expressed familial loyalty to him despite his shock over the mass killings. Another brother, Mohamed Abdeslam, was arrested after the attacks but released. He said Salah prayed and attended a mosque occasionally, but also dressed in jeans and pullovers. Both are being held on charges of terrorist murder and conspiracy. French media reports the second person was shot by a sniper. Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, said there was no direct evidence of encryption, but that authorities had concluded it was used because they have uncovered no evidence of conversations among the plotters. She spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak about the ongoing investigation.

Arrests and raids have also taken place in Belgium, where a vehicle involved in the attack was rented out and one of the attackers, Salah Abdeslam, was born.

While releasing a wanted photo for Abdeslam, Belgian police have warned the public not to approach him.

Kerry flew to France as a gesture of solidarity and met Hollande and Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday.

As efforts were being made to capture those behind the attacks, more details have emerged of those who carried them out.

The alleged link between one of the Paris attackers and the refugees from the Syrian war flocking to Europe this year has intensified concerns about how to handle the massive influx of people.

The official cited chatter from IS figures that Abaaoud had recommended a concert as an ideal target for inflicting maximum casualties, as well as electronic communications between Abaaoud and one of the Paris attackers who blew himself up. The next year, France provided four names of terror suspects, and a subsequent investigation revealed Mostefai was associated with that group, the official said.

It was not exactly clear where Abaaoud is.

In Wembley Stadium in London, fans joined together for an emotional rendition of the French national anthem “La Marseillaise” before a football match between France and England. And in Washington, transit police stepped up patrols to safeguard the city’s mass transit system.

“The windows of an apartment were shattered, blown from inside to outside”.