Paris attacker's father 'would have killed son' if knew plot

December 10, 2015 03:53

A third gunman involved in last month's massacre at a Paris concert hall was identified today as a Frenchman who had visited Syria, with his father saying he "would have killed him" if he had known his plans.

Foued Mohamed-Aggad, 23, blew himself up in the bloodiest of the attacks on the French capital -- at the Bataclan concert venue, where 90 young music lovers were killed.

"I would have killed him myself beforehand," his father, Said Mohamed-Aggad, told AFP after French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced the name of the assailant.

"I have no words, I only found out this morning," he said.

The gunman's mother went to the police after receiving a text message from Syria at the end of last month, her lawyer Francoise Cotta told AFP.

"Your son died a martyr with his brothers on November 13," read the message, apparently sent by Foued's wife in Syria. The

two other Bataclan attackers -- Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, and former Paris bus driver Samy Amimour, 28 -- were also French-born and had been to Syria.

Mohamed-Aggad's brother, Karim, went to Syria with him in 2013 but returned to France in May "because he couldn't take it there," the lawyer said.

He is currently in prison awaiting trial on terror charges.

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