103 Victims of Paris Attacks Identified

Paris (PNA/Xinhua) — French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Sunday said 103 victims out of 129 people killed on Friday’s attacks in Paris have been identified.

“There are between 20 and 30 who are not identified yet. They will be (identified) in the coming hours,” Valls said after visiting a crisis center set up to accompany victims’ families at the Quai d’Orsay.

“No psychologist, no volunteer, no doctor can console them. But we must help them with the process, with identifications, to accompany them through all the administrative tasks,” he added, referring to the victims’ families and relatives.

Many foreigners from Britain, Spain and Portugal were among the victims of France’s worst terrorist attacks, according to local reports.

On Saturday, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins unveiled that three jihadist groups staged coordinated attacks, killing 129 people and injuring 352, including 99 who were in a serious condition.

One of the suicide bombers was identified as Ismail Omar Mustafa, a Frenchman known to have links with Islamist militants.

His father and brother had been arrested earlier on Saturday for questioning, along with other people believed to be close to him.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks to revenge Paris military offensive in Syria and Iraq where the group wants to create its own state and impose its version of Islam law. (PNA/Xinhua) JMC/SSC