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| Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 27-year-old Belgian man who has fought with the Islamic State in Syria. Credit Militant Website, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
NY TIMES
THE GUARDIAN
Also on the wanted list for the Paris attacks is their presumed mastermind,Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud, a Belgian national of Moroccan origin, thought to have orchestrated earlier attacks and acted as a recruiting sergeant for Isis. On Tuesday, investigators put a name to the voice on the Isis claim of responsibility for the attacks: Fabien Clain. Clain is a French national and a veteran jihadi. He spent time in a French jail before leaving for Syria, where he is thought to be a member of an Isis cell devoted to propaganda.
As the investigation continues, there are inquiries in France and Belgium about how the intelligences services could have missed a plot involving so many individuals who were known to the authorities for their radicalisation and in some cases their time spent in Syria. The tragedy has also raised questions over why so many young French and Belgian men were swept up by a murderous ideology.