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French police seek help in identifying third man involved in Stade de France attacks

French police have issued a photograph of the third man involved in the attacks at the Stade de F...
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18.10 22 Nov 2015


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French police seek help in identifying third man involved in Stade de France attacks

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18.10 22 Nov 2015


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French police have issued a photograph of the third man involved in the attacks at the Stade de France - admitting they do not know who he is.

The National Police published the image of the man, who blew himself up at France's national stadium along with two other attackers on 13 November, on Twitter.

A tweet from the Police Nationale account said: "The #PJ seeks to identify the 3rd author of one of the attacks of the 13/11 #StadeDeFrance #ParisAttacks".

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The first funeral has taken place of a victim of the attacks which left 130 people dead.

The funeral of Proisy Sebastien, 38, who was killed on the terrace of a restaurant in the Bichat area of the city, was held in Hasnon on Saturday, according to La Voix du Nord newspaper.

Police have extended a ban on demonstrations across the Ile-de-France area until 30 November because of the fear of further attacks.

The landlord of the Saint Denis flat where Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud died during a police raid remains in custody.

Bendaoud Jawad was detained on Wednesday but the state of emergency means he can be held until Tuesday.

Abaaoud's cousin Hasna Ait Boulahcen, 26, also died during the raid when a third person - who remains unidentified - blew themselves up.

French police are continuing to hunt for Salah Abdeslam in case he has returned to France after initially fleeing to Belgium in the hours after the atrocity.

At least eight attackers targeted a series of restaurants and France's national stadium during an international match against Germany before three of them took scores of people hostage and then blew themselves up at the Bataclan theatre.

Omar Ismail Mostefai, Samy Amimour and one other attacked the Bataclan. Bilal Hadfi and two others attacked the Stade de France, and Brahim Abdeslam and Salah Abdeslam are suspected of attacking restaurants in the 10th and 11th arrondisements of the French capital.

Talks in Paris

Meanwhile British prime minister David Cameron is in Paris today, where he has met with French president Francois Hollande for talks at the Elysee Palace.

Mr Cameron has given the French Air Force the use of Britain's RAF base in Cyprus as part of the fight against Islamic State.

Speaking alongside Francois Hollande after talks in Paris, Mr Cameron said he firmly supported the French president's strikes on Syria and added: "It is my firm conviction that Britain do the same."

The prime minister announced the countries would increase counter-terrorism cooperation and called for an improvement in EU border checks and the sharing of airline information.

Mr Cameron said: "The United Kingdom will do all in our power to support our friend and ally France to defeat this evil death cult."

Ahead of the joint press conference, Mr Cameron stood "shoulder to shoulder" with the French president at the Bataclan concert hall where 89 people were killed.

Mr Hollande said he and Mr Cameron had been working on a "political solution" for Syria for three years and said both were convinced the country could not continue to be run by Bashar al Assad but needed a "constitutional government".


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