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Paris attacks: Islamic State group 'releases video of attackers' | Paris attacks: Islamic State group 'releases video of attackers' |
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So-called Islamic State has posted a video apparently showing nine of the suspected Paris gunmen before they carried out the 13 November attack. | |
The footage shows some of the men beheading prisoners and conducting military training in the Middle East. | The footage shows some of the men beheading prisoners and conducting military training in the Middle East. |
It also shows locations that were attacked in the French capital, leaving 130 people dead. | It also shows locations that were attacked in the French capital, leaving 130 people dead. |
The video ends with images of UK MPs backing air strikes against IS in Syria. | The video ends with images of UK MPs backing air strikes against IS in Syria. |
The footage was released through the media channel of IS, Site monitoring group said. | The footage was released through the media channel of IS, Site monitoring group said. |
President Francois Hollande said the video would not stop France from resisting terrorism. | |
"Nothing will deter us, no threat will make France waver in the fight," he told reporters in Delhi during an official visit to India. | |
The president said that the attacks were planned in Syria but prepared and organised in Belgium. | |
Site said the video was filmed in Raqqa, the de facto capital of IS, before the Paris attacks. | Site said the video was filmed in Raqqa, the de facto capital of IS, before the Paris attacks. |
One of the images shows a man closely resembling Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the attacks. | One of the images shows a man closely resembling Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the attacks. |
Abaaoud, a Belgian national, died in a police raid on a flat in Saint-Denis, near Paris, days after the attacks. | Abaaoud, a Belgian national, died in a police raid on a flat in Saint-Denis, near Paris, days after the attacks. |
Nine suspected attackers died on 13 November or in the days after, and two more are on the run. | Nine suspected attackers died on 13 November or in the days after, and two more are on the run. |
It is not clear why the video - which describes the attackers as "lions" who "brought France to its knees" - has been released more than two months after the attack. |