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Austria investigates 2 suspected of link to Paris attackers Austria investigates 2 suspected of link to Paris attackers
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VIENNA — Austria is investigating two suspects for possible links to the bombers and gunmen who carried out last year’s deadly Paris attacks. VIENNA — Austria is investigating two suspects held since December for possible links to the bombers and gunmen who carried out last year’s deadly attacks in Paris, a state prosecutor said Thursday.
State Prosecutor Robert Holzleitner says they are a 28-year old Algerian and a Pakistani, 32. A statement issued by prosecutor Robert Holzleitner identified the two only as a 28-year old Algerian and a Pakistani, 32, in line with Austrian privacy rules.
He said in a statement Thursday that the two arrived to Greece in the same boat as two of the attackers. He says the attackers were able to leave Greece unhindered but the two now in Austrian investigative custody were held there for 25 days for having fake passports. The pair, claiming to be refugees, arrived in Greece Oct. 3 in the same boat as two of the identified attackers, who then left the country unhindered, said the statement. But the two now in custody were held there for 25 days because they were carrying fake Syrian passports.
Holzleitner says the two were detained in Salzburg Dec. 10. He says a 25-year old Moroccan and an Algerian aged 40 who were in “close contact” with the other two also are being held. Holzleitner said the two were detained in Salzburg Dec. 10. A 25-year old Moroccan and an Algerian aged 40 who were in “close contact” with them were taken into custody eight days later.
All four are suspected of links to the Islamic State group. All four are suspected of links to the Islamic State group, the statement said.
Holzleitner said the statement had been issued to “correct” some recent news reports but added no other details could be divulged during the ongoing investigation.
The Nov. 13 attacks killed 130 and wounded 350 others.
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