Paris attacks: Third attacker identified

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says police in France have identified the third attacker at the Bataclan during the fatal Paris attacks which saw the killing of at least 90 people.

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Mr Valls did not name the man, but did not dispute reports naming him as French national Foued Mohamed-Aggad, 23, from Strasbourg.

All three gunmen who attacked the venue wearing suicide vests have been confirmed as French nationals.

Other attackers who took part in the co-ordinated attacks around Paris on 13 November that killed 130 people in total have either been identified as home-grown French or Belgian extremists.

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