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The first of seven gunmen who killed at least 129 people in a wave of carnage in Paris has been identified by the French police.
French authorities Saturday named the first attacker as 29-year-old Omar Ismail Mostefai, who was identified from a severed finger found at Bataclan concert hall, scene of the worst of the bloodshed.
“We confirm that the (Syrian) passport holder came through the Greek island of Leros on October 3, where he was registered under EU rules,” said the Greek minister for citizen protection, Nikos Toskas.
Mostefai, born in the poor Paris suburb of Courcouronnes as one of four brothers and two sisters, had eight convictions for petty crimes but had never been imprisoned. Prints found on a finger in the Bataclan matched those in police files.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said he had came to the authorities’ attention in 2010 as having been radicalised but had “never been implicated in a terrorist network or plot”.
“It’s a crazy thing, it’s madness,” his brother told AFP, his voice trembling, before he was taken into custody along with his father on Saturday night.
“Yesterday I was in Paris and I saw what a mess this was.”
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack which left over 350 injured.
French authorities Saturday named the first attacker as 29-year-old Omar Ismail Mostefai, who was identified from a severed finger found at Bataclan concert hall, scene of the worst of the bloodshed.
“We confirm that the (Syrian) passport holder came through the Greek island of Leros on October 3, where he was registered under EU rules,” said the Greek minister for citizen protection, Nikos Toskas.
Mostefai, born in the poor Paris suburb of Courcouronnes as one of four brothers and two sisters, had eight convictions for petty crimes but had never been imprisoned. Prints found on a finger in the Bataclan matched those in police files.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said he had came to the authorities’ attention in 2010 as having been radicalised but had “never been implicated in a terrorist network or plot”.
“It’s a crazy thing, it’s madness,” his brother told AFP, his voice trembling, before he was taken into custody along with his father on Saturday night.
“Yesterday I was in Paris and I saw what a mess this was.”
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack which left over 350 injured.
