French investigators have identified the alleged ISIS “coordinator” of the Paris and Brussels terror attacks.
(FOX)- Oussama Atar, a 32-year-old Syrian-based extremist of dual Belgian and Moroccan nationality, was already a suspect in the Brussels attack in March but has now been linked to the attacks in Paris last year.
A source told AFP: “He’s the only coordinator from Syria to have been identified during the investigations.”
Investigators looking into the Paris attacks in November last year, which killed 130 people, have suspected for quite some time the people behind it were based in Syria.
Atar is thought to go by another name, Abou Ahmed, and is said to be a cousin of the El Bakraoui brothers who blew themselves up in the Brussels airport and metro.
AFP reported another two cousins, Moustapha and Jawad Benhattal, were arrested on June 18 on suspicion of planning an attack in Belgium during a public screening of a Euro 2016 football match.
France has been heavily hit by terrorist actions over the past year, after ISIS vowed to put the country at the top of its hitlist.