Paris attackers linked to Belgian suburb where authorities have 'lost control'
November 16, 2015 11:07
Two of the Paris attackers -- and at least three other people involved -- are linked to a heavily-Muslim suburb of Brussels where the authorities admit they have "lost control".
The Telegraph reports that Belgian prosecutors said that one of the seven killers who died in Paris had been identified as a Frenchman living in Molenbeek, which is described by one expert as "the capital of political Islam in continental Europe". A second attacker lived in or close to the district.
France carried out massive raids in Syria, their biggest to date, in co-ordination with US forces, striking the Islamic State stronghold in Raqqa just days after the terror outfit carried a series of coordinated attacks that killed around 129 people.
Pic: An injured man in the immediate aftermath of the attack
The Telegraph reports that Belgian prosecutors said that one of the seven killers who died in Paris had been identified as a Frenchman living in Molenbeek, which is described by one expert as "the capital of political Islam in continental Europe". A second attacker lived in or close to the district.
France carried out massive raids in Syria, their biggest to date, in co-ordination with US forces, striking the Islamic State stronghold in Raqqa just days after the terror outfit carried a series of coordinated attacks that killed around 129 people.
Raqqa is seen as the de facto capital of the Islamic States territory.
According to the Guardian, the French defence ministry has claimed that the raid was launched simultaneously from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
Pic: An injured man in the immediate aftermath of the attack
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