Paris Attacker Identified From SMS to Mother

PARIS-The third attacker at the Bataclan concert hall has been identified as a man from the eastern city of Strasbourg who left for Syria in 2013.

“Of course I’m surprised”, the father told the AFP, adding that “I would have killed him myself beforehand” had he known his son was planning to take part in the massacre.

French police have identified the third suicide bomber involved in the terrorist attack at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on November 13.

Cotta also told The Associated Press that Mohamed-Aggad was flagged as a radical, but there was no warrant for his arrest.

All claimed to have gone to do humanitarian work but prosecutors believe they meant to fight for Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the carnage in Paris.

Mohamed Aggad apparently travelled to Syria in late 2013 from Strasbourg that contained his brother within an organization of radicalised youth.

“He has been identified”, Valls said on BFM-TV, but he declined to identify the man, saying “it is not up to me” to discuss the investigation.

The third Bataclan attacker has been identified by French police as a 23-year-old French national who went to Syria two years ago but was not picked up by intelligence as a threat on his return.

Along with fellow Frenchmen Omar Ismail Mostefai and Samy Amimour, the 23-year-old opened fire on the crowd at the Eagles of Death Metal concert.

On November 13, terrorists attacked six venues in Paris killing 130 and injuring more than 350 people. Some of them told investigators they had returned to France – where they were arrested in spring a year ago – because they rejected the awful things they had experienced there.

Media speculates that Mohamed-Aggad was recruited my Mourad Fares, who was known for recruiting Frenchmen for jihadist groups in Syria.

His father, Said, and mother, who was originally from Morocco, separated in 2007, according to Le Parisien.

All of the attackers identified so far were from either France or Belgium.

The other co-founder of Eagles of Death Metal, Joshua Homme, not present in Paris on the fateful night, said in the Vice interview that the band was struck with the “shared heroism” of Parisians, as injured fans helped each other and others came from their homes to help.

Two detonated their explosives when police special forces moved in and one was shot by police.