France identifies 3rd attacker at Bataclan Concert Hall

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International New York Times, Paris :The French authorities said on Wednesday that they had identified the third attacker at the Bataclan concert hall, where 90 people were killed during a coordinated series of assaults in and around Paris three weeks ago.Prime Minister Manuel Valls, referring to the thirdattacker, told BFM-TV that “he has been identified,” but he said “it is not up to me” to discuss the specifics of the investigation.The French newspaper Le Parisien reported that the assailant was Foued Mohamed-Aggad, a 23-year-old from Strasbourg, France, who traveled to Syria with a group of would-be jihadists in late 2013.Mr. Valls did not dispute that report. “What’s important is that the investigation is advancing, that those complicit are known, that arrests be made,” he said.

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