Jesse Hughes, the frontman of the U.S. band Eagles of Death Metal, pays his respects to the victims of the 13th November Attacks in front of the Bataclan in Paris, France, December 8, 2015.(Photo: EPA)
A third suicide bomber in the Paris attacks has been identified, according to media reports<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wednesday.
An unnamed French official said the man, who blew himself up at the Bataclan concert venue, was a French national who went to Syria in 2013, the Associated Press reported.
Le Parisien newspaper named him as Foued Mohamed-Aggad, 23, from Strasbourg in northeastern France.
A French judicial official, speaking<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on condition of anonymity, also named Mohamed-Aggad and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>told the AP that he<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was one of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a dozen young men from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Strasbourg<span style="color: Red;">*</span>who left for Syria in late 2013, but some, including his<span style="color: Red;">*</span>brother,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>returned, saying they were disgusted by what they saw. Mourad Fares, the Frenchman believed to have recruited them, was<span style="color: Red;">*</span>arrested. All are charged with terror-related offenses and face trial, the AP said.
At least 89 people were killed when militants attacked the Bataclan during a concert by the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. rock band Eagles of Death Metal, on Nov. 13. A total of 130 people died in a series of attacks<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Paris that night. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility.
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Speaking Wednesday, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said: "What is important is that the investigation is progressing, that the accomplices are found out, that arrests happen.
“This will all take time and in the face of the terrorist threat that is unfortunately here, we need to carry on with this work of tracking down terrorists because we are at war with radical Islam, with Daesh,” he said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
Two extremists who attacked the Bataclan<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were killed by detonating explosive vests and the third was shot by police. The other Bataclan attackers were previously<span style="color: Red;">*</span>named as<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Samy Amimour and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ismail Omar Mostefai, both from France.
A militant<span style="color: Red;">*</span>who was killed in a police raid on Nov. 18<span style="color: Red;">*</span>remains<span style="color: Red;">*</span>unidentified, the AP reported. Two<span style="color: Red;">*</span>suicide bombers who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>attacked at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>national stadium carried Syrian passports that are thought<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to be false.
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