Paris terror attack: Everything we know on Wednesday evening

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Francois Hollande has given an historic speech at Versailles before the upper and lower houses of parliament - only the third time this has happened since 1848 - saying "France is at war"
The explosions came as a large crowd were enjoying the first half of the international friendly between France and Germany.
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The Stade de france at the end of France v Germany on Friday night
The attacks then moved to central Paris, where a separate team of gunmen arrived in a black Seat at the Right Bank area of the city.
The attackers opened fire on the Petit Cambodge Cambodian restaurant inRue Bichat, and the Le Carillon bar on the other side of the road.
With devastating coolness they gunned down diners and revellers at the two venues, killing 15 as many enjoyed their Friday night out.
The fourth attack came on Rue de la Fontaine au Roi, when the same unit of terrorists drove the 500 yards to the Casa Nostra pizzeria and opened fire on diners, killing at least five.

French security moves people in the area of Rue Bichat in the 10th arrondissement of the French capital Paris following a string of attacks  Photo: AFP
From there, the militants drove around a mile south-east – apparently past the area of the Bataclan concert venue – to then launch another attack, this time on La Belle Equipe bar in Rue de Charonne. At least 19 people died after the terrace was sprayed with bullets at around 9.35pm.
The next attack, at the Bataclan concert venue in Boulevard Voltaire, was the most deadly. There, at least 89 people lost their lives when they were shot by black-clad gunmen wielding AK-47s and wearing suicide vests.
 

 
The attackers stormed into the hall and fired calmly and methodically at hundreds of screaming concert-goers, who were watching the US rock group Eagles of Death Metal playing to a full house of 1,500 people.
They began a siege that would last two hours and forty minutes. Two of the militants blew up their explosive belts as heavily armed anti-terror police ended the siege at around 12.30am. A third was shot by officers.
Terrifying details have emerged of the police assault on the Islamist attackers.
The first policeman to get there arrived at 10pm, about 20 minutes after the three gunmen burst into the concert hall last Friday night and began methodically killing fans who had turned out to watch the Eagles of Death Metal group.
At around 10.15 pm a heavily armed Swat team arrived and entered the building. The attackers had by then retreated to an upper floor. The police evacuated all the people they found and then, in two columns, went up the stairs to the right and the left of the auditorium.
As they progressed terrified people emerged from cupboards and other hiding places where they had taken cover.
“They came out like zombies. They were in a terrible state and could hardly walk,” said one officer involved in the raid, named only as Jean.
At 20 minutes past midnight the order was given to start the final assault. The police burst open the door and, protected by a heavy metal shield, being advancing down the corridor that was revealed to be full of about 20 hostages.
 

 
The attackers opened fire immediately but the police unit kept advancing, with officers rushing screaming hostages out as they went forward.
When finally they were face to face with the attackers, the police threw a stun grenade as they blasted their guns at the Islamists.
One attacker went down, and then the other detonated his suicide vest, blowing both their bodies to pieces. The assault had lasted three minutes.

Members of the French fire brigade help an injured woman near the Bataclan concert hall following fatal shootings in Paris, France
Finally, at around 9.50pm a third blast took place near the Stade de France, this time by a McDonald’s restaurant on the fringes of the stadium.
The boom caused terror among spectators who had already been attempting to flee the stadium following the first two explosions.
The match had continued, with many attributing the initial noises to fireworks, but word soon spread of what had taken place outside the stadium, as people read updates on their mobile phones.
 

Casualties

A woman prays close to the Bataclan theatre in Paris, France
At least 129 people have dead, according to city officials, with many still in intensive care.
One Briton - Nick Alexander - has been confirmed by family to have lost his life at the Bataclan.
At least 89 people were killed in the concert hall. Three assailants were also killed after police stormed in - two by activating their suicide vests and a third shot dead.

A little further east at least 19 people died when the terrace of the La Belle Equipe in Rue de Charonne was sprayed with gunfire, while 15 people were killed at Le Carillon bar-cafe in Rues Bichat.
Five people at the Casa Nostra pizzeria and a nearby bar were killed by attackers wielding rifles.

The Belgian connection
The Molenbeek area of Brussels has continued to see a major crackdown with raids continuing overnight and throughout the day yesterday.
On Sunday afternoon, French media reported that three brothers may be involved in the attacks and one may remain at large.
They are said to be:
Ibrahim Abdeslam - suicide bomber
Ibrahim Abdeslam was a suicide bomebr who blew himself up outside the Comptoir Voltaire restaurant in Paris. He rented the Seat Leon which was found abandoned in a Paris suburb with Kalashnikovs inside.
Salah Abdeslam - on the run
There is an international arrest warrant out for Salah Abdeslam - a French national who rented a black VW Polo in Belgium which was found abandoned near the Bataclan concert hall.
He was stopped near the Belgian border on Saturday morning in a grey VW golf also carrying two accomplices, but was not arrested at the time.

The wanted poster for Salah Abdeslam, wanted in connection with the terror attacks in Paris
The third brother, Mohamed Abdeslam, was arrested on Saturday in Brussels but was released on Monday without charge.
He has since released a statement saying he had no idea that his brothers had been radicalised.
He said: "My parents are truly shocked. I am thinking of the victims. I did not know that they had been radicalised."
On Tuesday, he called for his brother- suspect Salah Abdeslam - to turn himself in.
French media reported on Tuesday Salah Abdeslam that he rented two rooms in Alfortville, near Paris.
According to news channel BFM TV, he used a credit card to rent the flat and police say there is evidence he was not alone.
It is reported at least two others stayed with him.
Le Point claims it has exclusive video inside the rooms which are sparse with pizza boxes and syringes lying around.

Brother of two Paris attack suspects Mohammed Abdeslam was arrested and then let go by the police. Here, he speaks outside the family home
 

Who were the other terrorists?
Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, was identified by his finger, which was found among the rubble of the Bataclan concert hall. Police say he was one of three men who blew himself up killing 89 people in the bloodiest scene of the carnage. His father and brother, who handed himself in, are in custody and police are searching the family's home and the homes of his friends.
His brother told AFP that he had not seen Mostefai for years and said the attacks were "madness".

A video uncovered by French news outlet BFMTV seems to show Paris attacker Omar Mustefai performing rap music
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.
Bilal Hadfi blew himself up outside gate H of the Stade de France. He is said to have fought with Isil in Syria, and came from Belgium.
A teacher at a school he attended told the Telegraph Hadfi, 20, was an unambitious loner who wanted to be a lorry driver after failing his exams.
Ahmad Al Mohammad died in a suicide bomb at the Stade de France. A Syrian passport bearing his name was found at the scene.
The 25-year-old was born in Idlib, a city in north-west Syria, and the Paris prosecutor's office said fingerprints from the attacker match those of a person who travelled through Greece last month.
Sami Amimour was one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up at the Bataclan music hall, the Paris prosecutor's office said. A 28-year-old Frenchman, he was known to French intelligence services.
He was charged with terror offences in 2012 and was placed under judicial supervision. But he later disappeared and an international arrest warrant was issued for him.
Three of his relatives were arrested early today, prosecutors said.
Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud was named by a French official as the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks. The official said he has been linked to thwarted attacks on a Paris-bound high-speed train and a church in the Paris area.
 

Raid targeting Abdelhamid Abaaoud
Two terror suspects have been killed and seven arrested in a raid by elite French SWAT forces at Saint Denis, a north-eastern Paris suburb targeting Abaaoud.
A female suicide bomber blew herself up seconds after police opened fire at around 4.20am local time in du Courbillon in the multi-ethnic working class district that is a stone’s throw from the Stade de France – where three suicide bombers blew themselves up on Friday outside a France-Germany friendly football game attended by president Francois Hollande.
A police sniper shot dead a second suspect later on. Unconfirmed reports said a third terrorist was killed.
Police arrested three men they found in the apartment but there has no been no confirmation as to who they were. At least one, perhaps two suspects are reportedly still holed up in the apartment.
Police came under heavy Kalashnikov fire when they initially tried to enter the flat. Three officers suffered light injuries in the operation that was still ongoing at 9.30 am local time, six hours after it began.
Police also arrested a man and woman near the location of the raid.
Terrorists plotted second attack at La Defense and Charles de Gaulle airport
The terror suspects killed and arrested on Wednesday were in the final stages of carrying out an "imminent" attack at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, which is near Saint-Denis, and a shopping centre in La Défense, the capital's business district, according to France 2, the main state broadcaster.
Citing police sources, France 2 said investigators believe the Saint-Denis suspects formed part of a "fourth team" on top of the three that took part in Friday's attacks in Paris and the Stade de France, which killed 129.
As well as the airport, the terrori suspects had intended to strike the Quatre Temps shopping centre in La Défense, to the West of the capital.
On Wednesday morning, police searched two locations at Roissy, including the cargo branch of Air France. However the Paris airport security authority said these had "no direct link to the terror attacks but had other aims, notably the search for elements linked to the phenomenon of radicalisation", without providing more details.
Earlier, bomb threats forced two Air France flights bound from America for Paris to be diverted on Tuesday night.
An Air France jet from Los Angeles International Airport landed in Salt Lake City, while another from Washington Dulles International Airport landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The aircraft were searched after they landed and no explosives were found on either plane, police and airport officials said.
The flights were "subjects of anonymous threats received by phone after takeoff," Air France spokesperson Christophe Paumier said.
Were there 20 attackers?
With seven suicide bombers dead, seven others under arrest and at least one man on the run, 15 men have so far been linked to the Paris attacks.
But CCTV footage suggests that there may have been a ninth attacker, who is still at large.
And Belgian intelligence officials have suggested that up to 20 people may have been part of the terrorist cell that planned the attacks.
One attacker found with Syrian passport
A passport found near one of the suicide bombers at the Stade de France bore the name of Ahmad al-Mohammad.
It was used to register a refugee on the Greek island of Leros on October 3, and was then traced to Macedonia and an asylum claim in Serbia.
American intelligence officials have reported that the passport was clearly fake, based on the sequence of its serial number, something not apparently picked up on as its holder made his way through Europe.

Police at the scene following a shooting by a man with Kalashnikov near Place de la République in Paris