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| Police have found three Kalashnikov automatic rifles and ammunition inside a car used in the bloody wave of suicide bombings and shootings in Paris, as the investigation widened to several other European countries. | Police have found three Kalashnikov automatic rifles and ammunition inside a car used in the bloody wave of suicide bombings and shootings in Paris, as the investigation widened to several other European countries. |
| French media said fingerprints had also been recovered from the Belgian-registered black Seat Leon, which had been seen at several locations during the shootings and was later left on a street in the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil, raising fears that one or more attackers or accomplices were still on the run. | French media said fingerprints had also been recovered from the Belgian-registered black Seat Leon, which had been seen at several locations during the shootings and was later left on a street in the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil, raising fears that one or more attackers or accomplices were still on the run. |
| Police were also questioning relatives of the first gunman to be identified since the attacks on Friday on the Stade de France stadium, a packed Paris concert hall and a string of city-centre cafes and restaurants, which killed 129 people and left 352 injured, 99 of them in a critical condition. | Police were also questioning relatives of the first gunman to be identified since the attacks on Friday on the Stade de France stadium, a packed Paris concert hall and a string of city-centre cafes and restaurants, which killed 129 people and left 352 injured, 99 of them in a critical condition. |
| The father and brother of Omar Ismaïl Mostefai, one of the seven jihadis killed in the deadliest attacks on French soil since the second world war, were among seven family members being held, a judicial source confirmed. | The father and brother of Omar Ismaïl Mostefai, one of the seven jihadis killed in the deadliest attacks on French soil since the second world war, were among seven family members being held, a judicial source confirmed. |
| Related: Why Syrian refugee passport found at Paris attack scene must be treated with caution | |
| Prosecutors said three coordinated teams, identically armed with Kalashnikovs andsuicide vests, carried out the assaults using two cars registered in Belgium, where seven people – including three French nationals, one allegedly involved in the attacks – have been arrested since Saturday. | Prosecutors said three coordinated teams, identically armed with Kalashnikovs andsuicide vests, carried out the assaults using two cars registered in Belgium, where seven people – including three French nationals, one allegedly involved in the attacks – have been arrested since Saturday. |
| There were unconfirmed reports that one of the attackers may have entered Europe through Greece. The Serbian interior ministry said the owner of a passport found near the body of one of the suicide bombers entered the country on 7 October, four days after being registered on the Greek island of Leros. | There were unconfirmed reports that one of the attackers may have entered Europe through Greece. The Serbian interior ministry said the owner of a passport found near the body of one of the suicide bombers entered the country on 7 October, four days after being registered on the Greek island of Leros. |
| The ministry said the 25-year-old man, whom they identified as AA but was named by the Serbian newspaper Blic as Ahmed Almuhamed, had requested asylum in Serbia. A Greek newspaper, Protothema, said he was travelling with a second man, Mohammed Almuhamed, and reproduced what it said were their travel documents. | The ministry said the 25-year-old man, whom they identified as AA but was named by the Serbian newspaper Blic as Ahmed Almuhamed, had requested asylum in Serbia. A Greek newspaper, Protothema, said he was travelling with a second man, Mohammed Almuhamed, and reproduced what it said were their travel documents. |
| The eastern Aegean island of Leros has been a transit point this summer for thousands of refugees and migrants entering Europe. Greek officials confirmed the Syrian passport had been registered in Leros but stressed there was no firm evidence linking it to the attacker, pointing out it could have changed hands before the attacks or even be false. | The eastern Aegean island of Leros has been a transit point this summer for thousands of refugees and migrants entering Europe. Greek officials confirmed the Syrian passport had been registered in Leros but stressed there was no firm evidence linking it to the attacker, pointing out it could have changed hands before the attacks or even be false. |
| Announcing three days of national mourning and a national state of emergency, President François Hollande called the coordinated assault – “prepared, organised and planned overseas, with help from inside” – an “act of war” that must be countered “mercilessly”. | Announcing three days of national mourning and a national state of emergency, President François Hollande called the coordinated assault – “prepared, organised and planned overseas, with help from inside” – an “act of war” that must be countered “mercilessly”. |
| Notre Dame Cathedral, closed except for services, will celebrate a special commemorative mass on Sunday evening for the victims, who came from 15 different countries, their families and survivors. Major sites including the Louvre museum and the Eiffel tower were also closed to visitors. | Notre Dame Cathedral, closed except for services, will celebrate a special commemorative mass on Sunday evening for the victims, who came from 15 different countries, their families and survivors. Major sites including the Louvre museum and the Eiffel tower were also closed to visitors. |
| More than 20 victims of the attacks, for which the terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility, have yet to be identified, said the French prime minister, Manuel Valls. | |
| Mostefai, 29, was identified by his severed finger, which was found among the wreckage of the Bataclan concert hall, where three militants blew themselves up in the first suicide bombings on French soil late on Friday as security forces stormed the building. | Mostefai, 29, was identified by his severed finger, which was found among the wreckage of the Bataclan concert hall, where three militants blew themselves up in the first suicide bombings on French soil late on Friday as security forces stormed the building. |
| At least 89 people died at the popular rock venue in the deadliest of six separate attacks, Europe’s worst since the 1994 Madrid bombings, which left 191 people dead. | At least 89 people died at the popular rock venue in the deadliest of six separate attacks, Europe’s worst since the 1994 Madrid bombings, which left 191 people dead. |