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Third Paris bomber identified: Police

Wednesday, 09 December 2015 10:02 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 09 December 2015 10:02 AM ]

People walk outside the Bataclan theater in Paris on November 20, 2015, one week after some 90 people were killed in an attack against the building. (AFP photo)

French police say they have identified the third man believed to have been involved in a deadly bombing attack in the capital, Paris, on November 13.

On Wednesday, police officials said the man identified as 23-year-old Foued Mohamed Aggad from the eastern French city of Strasbourg, is thought to be behind the attack against the Bataclan music hall in Paris.

According to police sources, Aggad was identified after his DNA found at the site was matched with that of his family members.

About 90 people lost their lives after gunmen and three bombers, including two men identified as 29-year-old Omar Ismail and 28-year-old Samy Amimour, launched an attack at the music hall.

An unnamed source close to the investigation into the attacks said Aggad had traveled to Syria along with his brother and a group of friends at the end of 2013. Seven of those he traveled to Syria with were later detained and imprisoned after their return during the Spring of 2014.

Others suspected of being behind the attacks include Abdelhamid Abaaoud, thought to be a terrorist ringleader in Belgium, and brothers Ibrahim and Salah Abdeslam. Police say all but Salah, who is thought to still be on the run, have been killed in police raids.

A total of some 130 people were killed and 350 others injured in a series of coordinated attacks carried out in and around the French capital on November 13.

The AFP picture shows flowers in front of the Casa Nostra restaurant, one of the sites of a series of coordinated attacks in and around Paris on November 13, on December 2, 2015, in Paris.

Following the attacks, France declared a state of emergency for three months, which may be extended for up to six months.

The killings, which took place in at least six different areas, were claimed by Daesh Takfiri group, which is currently carrying out atrocities in parts of Syria and Iraq under their control.

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