Paris suicide bomber with a Syrian passport came to Europe through Greece in October as it emerges another of the ISIS killers was just 15
- French police revealed a Syrian passport was found on a bomber's body
- The passport owner passed through Greece in October, entering Europe
- A second passport, from Egypt, was found on the body of another bomber
- One suicide bomber had a ticket to the Stade de France was was turned away by a security guard and detonated his bomb moments later
- Three suspects are thought to be from Brussels where Belgian police launched up to to three raids and 'a number' of arrests were made
- See more of the latest news and updates on the ISIS attacks on Paris
A Paris suicide bomber who was carrying a Syrian passport passed through Greece as a refugee in October, according to a Greek minister.
The passport was retrieved from one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up outside the Stade de France stadium as part of last night's coordinated attacks, which killed at least 127 people.
The passport holder, who is understood to be 25, passed through the island of Leros of October 3 as a refugee, where he was identified ‘according to EU rules’.
Meanwhile, Belgian police arrested 'a number' of people in Brussels believed to be connected to the Paris attacks.
Officers launched raids in the Molenbeek district of the Belgian capital, after a car with Belgian licence plates was spotted outside the Bataclan last night.
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Belgian police launched up to to three raids in the Molenbeek district of Brussels, in Belgium, where three of the suspects are believed to be from, with 'a number' of arrests made
Belgian police blocking a street during a police raid in Molenbeek district of Brussels, in which 'a number' of people were arrested in connection to the Paris attacks
But Greece’s deputy minister in charge of police, Nikos Toscas, did not know if the passport was checked by other countries through which the holder possibly passed on his way to France.
Mr Toscas said: 'On the case of the Syrian passport found at the scene of the terrorist attack.
'We announce that the passport holder had passed from Leros on Oct. 3. where he was identified based on EU rules... We do not know if the passport was checked by other countries through which the holder likely passed.
Three of the eight terrorists have now been identified: the two men with the Syrian and Egyptian passports outside the stadium, and the known French extremist killed at the Bataclan. Pictured, police raid the Molenbeek district of Brussels
'We will continue the painstaking and persistent effort to ensure the security of our country and Europe under difficult circumstances, insisting on complete identification of those arriving.'
A Greek police source said French authorities had asked other countries in Europe, including Greece, to check on the passport.
A Syrian passport has been found on the body of one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up outside the Stade de France stadium in Paris last night
Two suicide blasts and a bomb exploded outside the stadium last night, killing six people, as part of a series of coordinated attacks across the capital which left at least 127 dead
However it has not yet been confirmed whether the Syrian passport actually belonged to the bomber, or whether it was authentic or one of the many forged passports flooding into Europe with the refugee crisis.
It has emerged that one of the terrorists had a match ticket and tried to get into the France v Germany game armed with a suicide vest when he was turned away by the security guard.
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According to the Wall Street Journal who spoke with a security guard called Zouheir, the terrorist was frisked as he tried to enter the Stade De France 15 minutes into the game.
The terrorist fled and detonated his vest.
A second terrorist exploded approximately three minutes later while a third blew up outside a nearby McDonalds.
The attackers who killed 129 people in Friday night's wave of shootings and suicide bombings in Paris appeared to be made up of three teams, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said on Saturday.
'We can say at this stage of the investigation there was probably three coordinated teams of terrorists behind this barbaric act,' he told a news conference.
He also confirmed that French authorities had a security file for Islamist radicalisation on one of the attackers, who also had a criminal record, but had never spent time in jail.
He added that a person who had hired one of the cars used in the attacks was stopped at the Belgian border.
The French police reportedly asked the Greek authorities today to check the records of 10 people suspected of being linked to the attacks, according to the French newspaper Liberation.
Another of the terrorists involved in last night's attacks in Paris has been officially identified as a Parisian, according to local media reports.
The man, who was killed at the Bataclan, was identified using his fingerprints and was from the neighbourhood of Courcouronnes, about 20miles south of Paris.
French reports say that the man, who was around 30 years old, was already known to French anti-terrorist authorities prior to last night's attacks.
An Egyptian passport has also been reportedly recovered from one of the three men who attacked the stadium.
One of the three attackers who died at the stadium is believed to have been as young as 15 years old.
Three of the eight terrorists have now been identified: the two men with the Syrian and Egyptian passports outside the stadium, and the known French extremist killed at the Bataclan.
Three of the suspects are believed to live in the district, where the mastermind behind the May 2014 attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels also lived on his return from Syria
Up to three raids were carried out in the Molenbeek district, where three of the suspects are believed to be from.
Mehdi Nemmouche, the mastermind behind the May 2014 attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels, during which four people were killed, also lived in Molenbeek on his return from Syria.
It’s also reported by Le Parisien newspaper that the killers came in a car registered in Belgium.
The French newspaper Liberation reported that one of the terrorists who carried out the attack at the Bataclan Theatre has been identified as a known French extremist.
According to French daily El Figaro, investigators have recordings of two of the terrorists at the Bataclan communicating in French.
Witnesses have told of the horror which unfolded inside the Bataclan theatre, where more than 1,000 people were watching rock band Eagles of Death Metal perform.
Some reported hearing at least two of the terrorists at the Bataclan Theatre speaking perfect French.
Others told of how AK47 wielding terrorists shouted 'Allah Akbar' as they 'blindly' opened fire into a crowd of people.
Others reported terrorists shouting 'This is for Syria'.
All eight terrorists died during the attacks, with seven killing themselves in suicide blasts and the last being shot by police.
Four of the attackers died at the Bataclan Theatre, three died at the Stade de France football stadium and the last on the Voltaire Boulevard.
All the remains of the terrorists are being forensically examined at the Forensic Medicine Institute and investigators hope that DNA traces or useable fingerprints will tie in to those in known offenders files.
In August, a French radical arrested on his return from Raqqa, Syria, claimed that he had been instructed to target a concert hall.
Former head of internal security, Claude Chouet, said that police are also hunting for an explosives specialist who would have primed and fitted the suicide vests, but would have been far away from the actual explosions.
A second attacker at the stadium is believed to have been as young as 15. Supporters of both France and Germany were held in the stadium until they could be safely evacuated
At least eight militants, all wearing suicide vests, brought unprecedented violence to the streets of the French capital in the bloodiest attack in Europe since the Madrid train bombings in 2004
It has been reported by the Wall Street Journal that one of the suicide bombers at the Stade de France had a ticket for the football match, but was turned away by security when they discovered his suicide vest.
It is believed that he detonated his vest when it was discovered, according to a guard who was stationed by the players' tunnel.
Around two minutes later, a second suicide blast went off outside the stadium. Shortly afterwards, a third attacker detonated explosives at a nearby McDonald's.
ISIS released a statement today, claiming responsibility for the attacks.
‘A group of believers from the soldiers of the Caliphate (may Allah strengthen and support it) set out targeting the capital of prostitution and vice…Paris,’ said the group in a statement.
‘Paris was thereby shaken beneath the crusaders’ feet, who were constricted by its streets.
‘Let France and all nations following its path know that they will continue to be at the top of the target list for the Islamic State and that the scent of death will not leave their nostrils as long as they partake in the crusader campaign.
‘Indeed, this is just the beginning.’
Police sources reported that the terrorists appeared to be ‘seasoned’ and ‘well-trained’.
The question of their training in a jihadi-controlled area, including Syria, has been raised as part of the investigation.
Meanwhile, according to France’s BFMTV, a Volkswagen Polo has been found near to the Bataclan that is believed to match witness descriptions of the car used by attackers.
A witness present at the Bataclan Theatre told Reuters that none of the other attackers were over 25, and all had brown hair.
‘The one I saw wore a black tracksuit with white stripes,’ they added. ‘He was pretty quiet, which surprised me.
‘At one point I turned around and we didn’t know what was going on, but then I saw he was shooting at someone and I understood.’
Another witness who was in the road front of the concert hall before the attack and saw at least one of the assassins told BMFTV that he wasn't hooded: 'I saw a guy, quite small, white, European looking. He was in front of the Bataclan. He had his gun to his shoulder and I saw the flashes and then I heard "Bam.Bam.Bam".'
Local residents suspect that the terrorists came from within the community, and are very suspicious of the mosque.
'They targeted the most popular cafes with young people, and they knew the local area in detail, even the one way system,' said Natalie Augier, a historian and terrorism expert who lives nearby.
'They had kids on the corners with mobile phones to warn them if the police were coming. They had so much local knowledge, and they just melted away afterwards.
The distressing scenes in the French capital have sent shockwaves across social media, with a number of campaigns launched to help people who were unable to get safely home
An armed policeman stands guard near the scene of the shooting in Paris on Friday night
'They knew this was a soft target with not many police and they carefully chose their moment, their target and their method.
'There are serious problems with integration here. We now have the same problems as they have in the Middle East. We are paying for our stupidity.'
French President Francois Hollande said ISIS group orchestrated the attacks, and ISIS has claimed responsibility.
It is not yet known whether the perpetrators of the attacks were known to the French anti-terrorist services and how the attacks were coordinated.
A coordinated attack of this magnitude was one of Europe’s greatest fears following the rise of ISIS.
More than 500 French fighters are thought to be with ISIS in Syria and Iraq according to official figures, while 250 have returned and some 750 more expressed a desire to go.
France was placed in lockdown after at least eight militants, all wearing suicide vests, brought unprecedented violence to the streets of the French capital in the bloodiest attack in Europe since the Madrid train bombings in 2004.
Francois Hollande accused ISIS of orchestrating the worst attacks in France for more than 70 years, declaring it an 'act of war' and vowing to 'mercilessly' strike back.
In a televised address, the French President said the attacks were 'committed by a terrorist army, the Islamic State group, a jihadist army, against France, against the values that we defend everywhere in the world, against what we are: a free country that means something to the whole planet'.
Police are also hunting accomplices amid fears of further attacks, with the arrest of a 51-year-old man in Germany last week after firearms were discovered in his car now being linked to the atrocities, according to media reports
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