Video confirms ninth assailant in Paris—police sources
This undated file photo released Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, by French Police shows 26-year old Salah Abdeslam, who is wanted by police in connection with recent terror attacks in Paris, as police investigations continue. The notice, released on the national police Twitter account, says anyone seeing Salah Abdeslam, should consider him dangerous and call authorities immediately. The notice reads in French: “Call for witnesses – Police are hunting a suspect : Salah Abdeslam, born on Sept. 15, 1989 Brussels, Belgium. …Dangerous individual don’t intervene yourself.” Police Nationale via AP
PARIS, France—Investigators have obtained a video confirming there was a ninth attacker in Paris among the men who opened fire on bars and restaurants, sources close to the inquiry told AFP on Tuesday.
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The video indicates a second unidentified attacker could on the run along with 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam, unless the man in the video is one of two suspected accomplices being held in Belgium.
French and Belgian police have launched a manhunt for Abdeslam in connection with Friday’s carnage in Paris, which left at least 129 people dead in the worst attacks in French history.
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Article continues after this advertisementAbdeslam is believed to have fled after gunning down people at bars and cafes in Paris’ 10th and 11th arrondissements alongside his brother Brahim Abdeslam, who later blew himself up outside a bar on Boulevard Voltaire, seriously wounding one person.
Article continues after this advertisementThe video indicates there was a third suspect in the black Seat car used in the attacks, when five people were gunned down in front of the bar A La Bonne Biere at 9.32 p.m., a source close to the inquiry said.
The video shows the assailants firing from the car, which was later found abandoned in Montreuil, east of Paris along with three Kalashnikov assault rifles.
The third man in the car has not been identified, another source close to the inquiry said, without ruling out the possibility that he could be on the run.
