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French police provided this photo of Salah Abdeslam, suspected of being involved in the Paris terrorist attacks Nov. 13, 2015.(Photo: DSK, AFP/Getty Images)
Here is a rundown on what is known about six of reportedly<span style="color: Red;">*</span>eight terrorists<span style="color: Red;">*</span>who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>French authorities said they believe<span style="color: Red;">*</span>committed the worst assault on Paris since World War II. All but one are dead:
Still at large:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Salah Abdeslam<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is the target of an ongoing manhunt in Europe. Abdeslam, 26, is a Belgian-born French national and the brother of one of the terrorists who died in the attacks in Paris. Another brother, Mohammad Abdeslam,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was detained and later released<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Belgium.
Early Saturday morning, hours after the attack, police had stopped <span style="color: Red;">*</span>a car carrying three men, including Salah Abdeslam, near the Belgium border, but then released them after checking identifications, according to Associated Press.
Bataclan concert hall attack:
—? Samy Amimour, 28, was a French national who blew himself up during the attack. Born in Drancy, north of Paris, He had been under investigation since 2012 for links to terrorism and then placed under court ordered<span style="color: Red;">*</span>controls<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in 2013. A<span style="color: Red;">*</span>warrant had been issued alleging violation of those court restrictions, according to media reports.
A suburban Paris home where Samy Amimour, one of the terrorists police say they think is involved in the Paris terrorist attacks, is believed to have lived.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
—Omar Ismael Mostefai, 29,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was identified by a print taken from one of his fingers after he detonated a suicide vest at the Bataclan concert hall.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mostefai<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was a French national who lived for a time<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a suburb of Chartres, France, about, about 90 minutes south of Paris. Police described Mostefai as a petty criminal who had been identified as a high-priority target for radicalization, but never linked to any terrorist activity.
Police are investigating whether he traveled to Syria<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the past year, according to news reports. Paris prosecutor François Molins said Mostefai had eight convictions for petty crimes from 2004 to 2010, but served no jail time.
Ben Ayak Karim, vice president of an association for a mosque near his home, said Mostefai would pray there. But "he wouldn't have been radicalized here," Karim said, adding that he hasn't seen Mostefai since 2013.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"He was normal. Nothing was off," Karim said. "He <span style="color: Red;">*</span>went to other mosques."
Ben Bammou, 35, president of the Multicultural Association of Chartres, discusses Omar Ismael Mostefai, one of the Paris attackers, describing him as "timid" and a rather "family-oriented" man who used to work as a baker and occasionally played football.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Michel Spingler, AP)
Bombings outside the Stade de France during a French-German soccer match attended by President François Hollande:
—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ahmad Al Mohammad, 25, who blew himself up, may have<span style="color: Red;">*</span>entered Europe as part of the migration of refugees from war-torn Syria. He was born in Idlib, Syria, and had<span style="color: Red;">*</span>been issued<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a Syrian emergency passport after landing on the Greek island of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Leros, according to CNN.
—? Bilal Hadfi, 20, described as baby-faced young man, blew himself up outside the stadium, according to the Telegraph. He is reported to have fought with the Islamic State in Syria before arriving in Belgium.
Attacks on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Paris restaurants:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Brahim Abdeslam, 31,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>blew himself up outside the Comptoir Voltaire restaurant. He rented the Seot Leon compact sedan found abandoned in a Paris suburb with AK-47 assault weapons inside, according to the Telegraph. Abdeslam is the brother of Salah Abdeslam. A third brother was detained and released in Belgium.
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