Omar Ismail Mostefai has been named by French police as one of the gunmen after a series of coordinated terror attacks which killed 129 and injured 352 across Paris on Friday. Follow latest updates
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10:11
Terrorists 'use religion as a cloak for cowardly violence'
Egypt's Grand Mufti, an influential religious scholar within Sunni Islam, has denounced Friday's attacks. Here are some snippets from the statement from Louisa Loveluck, Middle East Correspondent.
"This attack is shocking, and offends the conscience of every sane person, regardless of their religious identity. I wish to stress categorically and unequivocally our complete solidarity and unwavering support for the French people in their plight and their determination to combat terror.
"Terrorist groups flagrantly use religion as a cloak to cover up for their cowardly acts of violence. Their ideological fallacy reveal their warped logic and ill-informed and unauthentic sources which they turn to in order to derive their justification for their insatiable desire for power, control and bloodshed. These ideologies of hate and terror must be challenged and rooted out."
10:07
'Bring an end to Isil'
Lord Falconer, Labour's shadow secretary of state for justice, has said "everything must be done" to protect British citizens and "bring an end to Isil" as he called for a "major international effort" to come together to tackle the terror threat, writes Kate McCann, Senior Political Correspondent at the Telegraph.
Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr show the peer warned that previous foreign policy decisions to tackle terrorism "have not worked" and that bombing Syria on its own "can't be the answer" but said talks should begin "urgently" to decide how to proceed.
He said: "I'm not urging troops on the ground but ultimately Isil must be defeated.
"Nato will be a part of it, it's much too early to say whether it will be appropriate or possible to evoke article 5 [universal right to liberty and security]."
He added that strong political leadership is needed to ensure that anti-Muslim sentiment does not become commonplace in the UK.
A massive French flag is raised atop the Space Needle in Seattle Photo: AP
Lord Falconer told Marr: "Jeremy Corbyn has made absolutely clear that we must do everything we possibly can to end Isil, how that is to be done is a debate that needs to be had."
He said: "Britain needs to talk to its international allies and see what is possible" and added: "It cannot be done without there being a major international effort, that is what needs now to be looked at and looked at as a matter of urgency."
The Labour peer said there should be "consensus" about any decisions made, although he admitted that no policy will be supported by everyone in the country.
10:04
China: Citizens be cautious
Hong Kong and mainland China have advised Chinese citizens in France to be cautious, after at least 129 were killed in a series of attacks across Paris, writes Jennifer Pak in Shenzen.
The Hong Kong government has issued an "amber" travel alert for France, which is less severe than the Chinese administrative region’s black and red alerts.
In a statement, the Hong Kong security bureau advises residents in France to avoid travel to areas with large gatherings of people.
It also urges residents to cancel "non-essential travel” to Paris and Ile de France.
China’s national bureau of tourism has also asked its nationals in France to exercise caution and to respect security provisions issued by the French authorities.
09:53
Fake passport suggestions
A US intelligence official has told CBS News that the Syrian passport recovered after Friday nights' attacks - and believed to belong to one of the bombers - may be a fake, writes Louisa Loveluck, Telegraph's Middle East Correspondent.
The official said the passport did not contain the correct numbers for a legitimate Syrian passport and the picture did not match the name.
If forgery is confirmed, the document in question could have come from one of several places:
In Turkey, the fake passport business is booming. For a one-off payment of around £1,000, it is possible to purchase a document that once belonged to someone else. In this case, a simple switch of the photograph opens the pathway to a whole new identity.
In other cases, smugglers obtain genuine blank passports stolen from government buildings in Syria amid the chaos of its internal conflict, as well as the machines for processing them.
Another possibility would be that the document was made up inside Isil-held territory itself. When the terror group seized control of major cities, it took over all government buildings, including passport offices.
+ Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande show solidarity and meet this morning.
French President Francois Hollande (L) greets Nicolas Sarkozy, former president and current head of the Les Republicains political party, before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France Photo: REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
09:45
'This is more like 9/11'
Friday's jihadist attack in Paris was more similar to 9/11 than the Charlie Hebdo shootings, Sylvie Bermann, the French ambassador in the UK, has said, writes Ben Riley-Smith, Political Correspondent.
Speaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Ms Bermann indicated she thought France would need to increase its surveillance powers after the attack.
She also called on the European Union to tighten its external border with hundreds of thousands of people from Syria and other African countries entering in the migrant crisis.
"I think this is totally different form Charlie Hebdo attacks," Ms Bermann said. "This is more like 9/11. It is an act of war."
She later said: "What is obvious is that we have to strengthen our external borders."
Ms Bermann said that while you cannot have "100 per cent surveillance" it may have to "increase" in the wake of Friday's attacks.
+ France has begun three days of mourning.
Vigils and prayer ceremonies for the victims of the Paris attacks around the world. The photographs (from top to bottom, L to R ) show: vigil in Sydney, rally in Rio de Janeiro, vigil in Tel Aviv, vigil in Lausanne, vigil in Marseille, tribute at the French embassy in Warsaw, tribute at Brandenburg gate in Berlin, lit walls of Jerusalem's Old City, and vigil in Seoul Photo: Reuters
09:40
Guns 'found in car'
France's BFM TV reports that weapons have been found in the car discovered earlier today (reported here at 8:45am)
"Weapons were found in the car abandoned by the terrorists in Montreuil, according to our information."
There has been no comment by authorities yet on this and it is not absolutely clear what the full sequence of events were leading up to the point it was found.
Former US President George W.Bush, centre, observes a moment of silence with his wife, Laura Bush, and others in support of the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks, before an NCAA college basketball game in Dallas Photo: LM Otero/AP
09:31
Paris: 'Somber but defiant'
At the crossroads by Le Carillon and Le Petit Cambodge restaurant - scene of two of Friday's attacks - the mood is somber but defiant, writes Tom Rowley in Paris.
In this city of bicycles, Parisians keep wheeling their bikes in, pausing for a minute or two in reflection, heads bowed - and then going on with their days.
Someone has turned the bullet holes that still scar the facade of Le Carillon into a flower stand, threading stalks through the glass.
Every minute, another Parisian arrives to lay a flower or light a candle.
There are also a handful of glass beer bottles: perhaps the ultimate gesture of defiance. The festivities, they seem to say, will go on.
09:24
Fake Syrian passports?
Channel 4 News' Jon Snow has said Paris police sources have told him that the Syrian passports were fake and "probably" made in Turkey.
Meanwhile the BBC reports of ever larger links between Belgium and the Paris attacks. According to their Europe editor, Katya Adler, French media say Mostefai was radicalised by an imam who is a Belgian national.
09:13
Serbian media 'names another gunman'
The MailOnline reports that Serbian media claims one of the terrorists was Ahmed Almuhamed.
The newspaper reports that the man was carrying a Syrian passport and is aged 25.
He is believed to have been blown himself up at the Bataclan concert all where more than 80 people were killed by gunmen during the siege on Friday.
MailOnline cite Blic newspaper as reporting that the terrorist arrived with another bomber in Europe on the Greek island of Leros in October. It is then reported he took a month to travel to France and on October 7, entered Serbia after crossing from Macedonia.
Blic is reported to claim that he applied for asylum in Serbia before travelling on to Croatia and Austria.
French soldiers patrol at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Photo: EPA
Meanwhile, our Senior Political Correspondent, Kate McCann, reports that Number 10 have confirmed that Theresa May, the Home Secretary, will chair a Cobra meeting this morning as the prime minister is in Turkey for the G20 meeting of world leaders.
Ms May will appear on the BBC's Andrew Marr show shortly to discuss the UK's response to the Paris attack.
We will have updates from the show when Mrs May is on.
People sing La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, during a vigil in front of the French Consulate in Chicago Photo: AP
08:56
Cartoonists pay tribute
After Friday's events, cartoonists and illustrators have paid tribute on social media to the victims and survivors.
Most of you will recognise the Jean Jullien one which has been shared thousands of times on different social platforms, including Instagram.
Daryl Cagle, an American cartoonist, shared this image by French cartoonist Patrick Pinter of the Eiffel Tower within a candle. Above the image is the date of attack: Friday the 13th in French.
Cagle shared more cartoons including this one by Nicaraguan cartoonist Pedro Molina with just the words Paris and a candle.
Kap, a Barcelona cartoonist according to Cagle, drew this image of a character teary-eye with the French Tricolore.
H/T my colleague Peter Foster, Europe Editor, for flagging this piece by Newsweek on the cartoonists' images.
08:45
Car used in attacks found in Paris suburb
Good morning and welcome to the Telegraph's live coverage of the aftermath of Friday's horrific attacks in Paris which has left 129 dead and dozens fighting for their life.
The AFP news agency has reported that the black Seat car used by gunmen who fired at people in restaurants has been found in the eastern suburb of Montreuil, police said on Sunday.
The vehicle was located in a commune in the eastern area of the city, about four miles from the scenes of mass slaughter at the Bataclan theatre and a number of restaurants.
For those who have may not remember in detail exactly what happened, the gunmen opened fired and killing 15 people and injuring 10 in the Le Carillon bar and the Le Petit Cambodge restaurant.
The discovery came as police said they had arrested six people close to the first gunman named: Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, who took part in the killings at the Bataclan concert hall.
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07:00
Summary at 7AM
French police have identified the first of seven gunmen who killed at least 129 people in a wave of carnage claimed by Isil as the world united in mourning for the atrocity. Here are the key points at 7AM on Sunday morning:
• 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. A second suspect was named by French media as "Abbdulakbak B".
• Isil jihadists said they were behind the gun and suicide attacks that left a trail of destruction at a sold-out concert hall, at restaurants and bars, and outside France's Stade de France national stadium.
• President Francois Hollande called the coordinated assault on Friday night an "act of war" as the capital's normally bustling streets fell eerily quiet, 10 months after attacks on magazine Charlie Hebdo shocked the nation.
• The first British victim has been named as Nick Alexander. It is thought there could be up to five British fatalities, but no confirmation yet.
• The investigation widened across Europe, with Belgian police arresting several suspects and German authorities probing a possible link to a man recently found with a car of explosives.
• The discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of one attacker has raised suspicions some of the assailants might have entered Europe as part of an influx of people fleeing Syria's civil war.
• Video emerged of the moment the firing started - and the gunfire between police and the terrorists at the Bataclan.
• The attacks sent shockwaves around the world, with London's Tower Bridge, Berlin's Brandenburg Gate and the World Trade Center in New York among the many landmarks lit up in the red, white and blue of the French national flag in a show of solidarity.
• US President Barack Obama described the onslaught as "an attack on all of humanity" and an emotional Pope Francis said he was "shaken" by the "inhuman" attacks.
• David Cameron said the attacks "suggest a new degree of planning and coordination and a greater ambition for mass casualty attacks".
A police officers stands guard at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Photo: EPA
• The attacks, which killed 129 people and wounded 352, including 99 critically, were the first ever suicide bombings on French soil. Unlike those in January, none of the assailants had ever been jailed for terror offences.
• 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".
06:41
Iran mourns
Around 100 Iranians held a candlelight vigil in front of the French Embassy in Tehran to mourn the victims of the Paris attacks.
The gathering late on Saturday was reported by the Shargh daily, a reformist newspaper. The paper reported on Sunday that some of those gathered had posted hand-written messages of condolence on nearby walls.
Iran has provided training and other support to forces battling Isil in neighbouring Iraq.
06:27
Syrian passport might be fake
A Syrian passport found near the body of an attacker at the scene of one of the attacks might be fake, one US official has said. The intelligence official told CBS News the passport did not contain the correct numbers for a legitimate Syrian passport and the picture did not match the name.
06:23
Notre Dame to hold special service
Special church services are planned at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and around France in honor of 129 people killed in attacks that terrified the country.
Notre Dame, like other Paris sites, is closed to tourists Sunday but will be open to church-goers coming for services during the day.
A special Mass by Paris Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois will be held at 6:30pm e) for families of victims and survivors, and the church will ring its renowned bells in a special homage.
In a message to parishioners, the cardinal says, "Our country knows the pain of mourning and must face barbarity propagated by fanatical groups."
Armed New York City police officers with the special operation division Strategic Response Group stand guard in Times Square in New York, as security was heightened following the deadly attacks in Paris Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
06:11
The moment the shooting began
Footage has emerged from inside the Bataclan showing the moment the attack started. Gunfire can clearly be heard, but there are no graphic scenes.
06:05
A story of survival
AFP has a good news story about an Italian tourist who had a second lucky escape when he emerged from the bloodiest scene of the Paris attacks with only a slight injury, 30 years after surviving the deadly Heysel stadium disaster in Brussels.
Massimiliano Natalucci's family told Italian newspaper Corriere Adriatico that the 45-year-old had escaped with only scratches on one leg in the Bataclan attack, which left 89 people dead.
A friend who attended the concert by the California rock band Eagles of Death Metal with him was not so lucky, and had to undergo an operation on Saturday after being hit in the shoulder.
"The terrorists were just three metres from them the whole time," Natalucci's father told the paper.
Almost exactly 30 years ago, on May 29, 1985, Natalucci, aged 15, was with his father and uncle at the Heysel stadium in Brussels for the European Cup final when a wall collapsed, killing 39 people.
Then, as on Friday, Natalucci was unhurt.
His sister Federica has a theory about her brother's luck: A kiss from Pope Jean Paul II in Rome when he was eight has protected Natalucci during both disasters.
05:33
Barack Obama lands in Turkey for G20 talks
The US president has arrived in Turkey for talks with world leaders that have taken on new urgency following the attacks in Paris carried out by the Islamic State.
The crisis in Syria, where the Islamic State group has taken root, was already high on the agenda at the G20 meeting. But the violence in Paris that killed at least 127 people will dramatically change the dynamic of the talks in Antalya, Turkey, a seaside resort city just a few hundred miles from the Syrian border.
Mr Obama is scheduled to discuss the terror attacks in a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before beginning broader discussions with Group of 20 leaders.
05:22
Belgian police search for suspects
Police are combing the Molenbeek neighbourhood of Brussels as part of their search for anyone involved in the planning of the Paris attacks.
Belgian policemen search for suspects in Molenbeek area (Brussels) relating to terrorist attacks in Paris Photo: Isopix/REX Shutterstock
Belgian policemen search for suspects in Molenbeek area (Brussels) relating to terrorist attacks in Paris Photo: Isopix/REX Shutterstock
Belgian policemen search for suspects in Molenbeek area (Brussels) relating to terrorist attacks in Paris Photo: Isopix/REX Shutterstock
04:48
Markets brace for hit
Global stocks are set for a short-term sell-off on Monday after the Paris attacks, but analysts said a prolonged economic impact or market reaction was unlikely.
French stocks, particularly those exposed to the country's large tourism sector, are likely to suffer the biggest falls, according to Reuters.
"These Paris terrorist attacks and the larger scale of this attack could have a meaningful negative impact on the travel and tourism sector," said Robert T. Lutts, president and chief investment officer at Cabot Wealth Management in Salem, Massachusetts.
France has the largest number of tourists in the world and the sector accounts for almost 7.5 per cent of GDP.
"Given that France has a big tourism industry there may be some damage to the economy if this leads to a fall in visitors to France, or in tourism in general after the crash of a Russian plane," said Hidenori Suezawa, financial market and fiscal analyst at SMBC Nikko Securities.
04:29
More on Omar Ismail Mostefai
AFP have more details on Omar Ismail Mostefai who was known to police as little more than a petty criminal before his role in the Paris attacks.
Born on November 21 1985, in the poor Paris suburb of Courcouronnes, Mostefai's criminal record shows eight convictions for petty crimes between 2004 and 2010, but no jail time.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Mostefai had been singled out as a high-priority target for radicalisation in 2010 but, before Friday, he had "never been implicated in an investigation or a terrorist association".
Investigators are now probing whether he took a trip to Syria last year, according to police sources.
The killer's father and 34-year-old brother were placed in custody on Saturday evening and their homes were searched.
"It's a crazy thing, it's madness," his brother told AFP, his voice trembling, before he has taken into custody.
"Yesterday I was in Paris and I saw how this shit went down."
The brother, one of four boys in the family along with two sisters, turned himself in to police after learning Mostefai was involved in the attacks.
While he had cut ties with Mostefai several years ago, and knew he had been involved in petty crimes, his brother said he had never imagined his brother could be radicalised.
The last he knew, Mostefai had gone to Algeria with his family and his "little girl," he said, adding: "It's been a time since I have had any news."
"I called my mother, she didn't seem to know anything," he said Saturday.
A source close to the enquiry said Mostefai regularly attended the mosque in Luce, close to Chartres, to the southwest of Paris.
Bullet holes can be seen in the windows of Le Carillon bar and hotel during the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks in Paris, France Photo: Eddie Mulholland
04:05
Australia stands with the French
As Europe sleeps, on the other side of the world Australians are gathering to show solidarity with France. A French flag has been hoisted on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and prayer vigils and memorial services are being held at churches around the country.
03:50
American victim named
An American student on exchange to France has been named as one of the victims of the attacks. Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, was studying design in Paris and was out with friends on Friday night when she was shot.
03:22
Mostefaï's brother says attacks were 'insane'
The older brother of Ismaël Omar Mostefaï, who has been identified as one of the attackers, said he hasn't seen his brother for several years. The man was arrested and placed in custody on Saturday night as police swooped on Mostefai's friends and family and also arrested his father. Mostefaï's older brother attended a police station voluntarily. He told AFP before being taken into custody: "It's crazy, insane. I was in Paris myself last night, I saw what a mess it was."
03:08
Second attacker named
Reports are naming a second attacker as Abbdulakbak B. There are no further details.
02:40
Hillary Clinton: World must unite against jihadists
US Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has made an impassioned plea for global unity against radical Islam, a day after terror attacks killed at least 129 in Paris:
We need to have a resolve that will bring the world together to root out the kind of radical jihadist ideology that motivates organisations like Isil.
It cannot be contained, it must be defeated.
We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with violent extremism.
02:36
Mumbai parallels
A lot has been written in the past 24 hours about the parallels between Paris and the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The similarities are striking.
Multiple attacks at several densely-populated urban locations, by heavily armed fanatics. Hostages being taken to hamper police counter action.
The Mumbai attacks, like 9/11 before them, marked a dramatic, devastating new terror tactic. How to respond to such a scenario - the "Mumbai-style attack" has dominated counter-terrorism professionals since.
Flames gush out of The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on 27 November 2008, one of the sites of attacks by alleged militant gunmen Photo: AFP
The main concern for France now will be how to respond. In Mumbai, there were efforts to flood the streets with armed security forces, attempt to better train officers and improved intelligence sharing between various agencies. However, the city remains vulnerable.
In Paris, authorities are faced with the reality that such a well-planned and executed terrorist attack could not have been carried out alone by the seven attackers who now are now in a Paris morgue.
The city was shocked by the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January. It has now been totally overwhelmed by Friday's horror.
People fear the next attack is around the corner, and the city and country will remain tense for the days and weeks to come.
France is at the forefront of the West's fight against Isil in Syria and Iraq. It must now also focus on battling that evil at home.
Paris terrorist attacks aftermath Photo: Eddie Mulholland
02:13
Presidential debate focuses on Paris
Ruth Sherlock reports:
The events in Paris have fundamentally changed the nature of the US presidential election race. For now, and probably the next several weeks at least, it is forcing personality driven politics to take a backseat.
Tonight will inevitably test the candidates ability to think on their feet on substantive and difficult policy issues. CBS has announced that it has changed the debate questions to focus on the aftermath of the Paris attacks. So prepared answers and stump speeches will not fly tonight. Instead, candidates will have to come with some serious, intelligent policy responses, with very little preparation: it's almost as if they were already in the White House.
This will likely be a particular challenge for Bernie Sanders, who has so far run a domestic campaign. The elderly Vermont senator has hammered on, relentlessly, about income inequality in America. But thus far his answers in foreign policy have put him on much shakier ground.
The change is likely to help Hillary Clinton, as former secretary of state, who will be much better prepared than any of her rivals.
02:00
2AM summary
The Eiffel Tower stood dark in a symbol of mourning on Saturday night as France struggled to absorb the deadliest violence on its soil since the Second World WarI: coordinated gun-and-suicide bombing attacks across Paris that left at least 129 people dead and 352 injured.
• President Francois Hollande vowed that France would wage "merciless" war on the Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for the mayhem, as investigators raced to track down their accomplices and uncovered possible links to networks in Belgium and Syria.
• Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said three groups of attackers, including seven suicide bombers, carried out the "act of barbarism" that shattered a Parisian Friday night.
• Molins said the attackers in the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people died, mentioned Syria and Iraq during their rampage. Of the hundreds wounded in the six attacks, 99 were in critical condition.
• Belgian police arrested three people on Saturday in raids in a poor, immigrant quarter of Brussels as they pursued emerging links between the Paris attacks and an Islamist bastion in France's northern neighbour.
• Le Monde has named one of the gunmen as Ismaël Omar Mostefaï - a 29-year-old who lived in Chartres, southwest of Paris.
• Briton Nick Alexander was killed in the Bataclan theatre massacre, it has been confirmed. It is feared that there could be several more British fatalities.
A woman lights a candle at Place de la Republique Photo: Barcroft Media
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