Posted: 11/15/2015 07:46 AM EST
French authorities launched a manhunt Sunday for a possible eighth assailant in the Paris attacks, after a suspected getaway car was found abandoned in a Paris suburb.
Investigators released the name of one of the suicide bombers, and have determined the identity of a second attacker, Le Figaro reported. That man, whose name is yet to be released,has two brothers, sources close to the investigation told the French newspaper. One of them was detained by police in Belgium and released; the second brother is being sought by authorities under suspicion of involvement in the terror attacks.
The car contained several AK-47s, and its discovery has led authorities to believe that one or more assailants may have survived the attacks and eluded police.
French police questioned on Sunday relatives of one of the suicide attackers who brought carnage to Paris as a row over Europe's refugee crisis re-ignited, with conservatives demanding an end to "the days of uncontrolled immigration."
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters that three jihadist cells staged co-ordinated hits on Friday night at bars, a concert hall and soccer stadium, killing 129 people and injuring 352, including 99 who were in a serious condition.
Prosecutors have said the slaughter - claimed by Islamic State as revenge for French military action in Syria and Iraq - appeared to involve a multinational team with links to the Middle East, Belgium and possibly Germany as well as home-grown French roots.
Belgian prosecutors said two of the gunmen were French nationals who had been living in Brussels. They also said they had arrested seven people in the Belgian capital. Police staged raids on Saturday in Molenbeek, a poor, immigrant quarter. more
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