15/11/2015 BBC Weekend News

The latest from Paris on the terror attacks and new images

GUNFIRE Scenes of terror and panic at the Bataclan theatre when gunmen

opened fire during a rock concert. In the last hour, French police have

released this image of one of the attackers they say is still on the

run. More of the victims have been named

today, but there are still more than 30 people who remain unidentified

and the pain One father approached the French

prime minister wanting information about his missing daughter who was

attending the rock concert. At Notre-Dame Cathedral,

a service of remembrance is under way as France marks a second day

of national mourning. And throughout Paris, many vigils

are being held for all the victims We're at the cathedral

of Notre-Dame, where a service of remembrance is taking place for the

victims of Friday's terror attacks. During the day,

the police investigation has been gathering pace and they've named the

first of the seven gunmen involved. He was Omar Ismail Mostefai, who was

29, a French national, known to have He is one of the gunmen who was

alleged to have been involved in the attack on the Bataclan theatre tall

were 89 people were killed. -- Theatre Hall.

The total number of dead stands at 129, but there are 99 people

Some of those killed still haven't been identified.

The French prosecutor has updated us and he said that in his view these

attacks were planned and prepared a -- abroad, probably in Brussels,

with French accomplices. Our Europe editor has the latest images of what

happened here on Friday evening. While clouds of confusion still

hangs over the howls and whys of Friday's attacks, Parisiennes look

for comfort with the people and places they hold most dear. Churches

dedicated thoughts to the innocent killed. They prayed for peace in the

city. We must work for the piece, all of the country.

TRANSLATION: We must have hope, life has to go on. Friday's gunmen wanted

to shatter normal life here. This, turning a rock concert into a

bloodbath, is how they hoped their murderous message would never be

forgotten. 129 people were killed on Friday. Survivors are now sharing

phone footage of their ordeal. The plan had been for a massacre of an

even larger scale, live on television. France's president was

among the fans for this televised football friendly. Three suicide

bombers blew themselves up outside. We now know they had tried to get

in. Hoping to detonate their explosives in the middle of the

crowd. They are examining two cars including this one, both abandoned

in Paris and used in the attacks. The investigation has led over the

border to Belgium. Police made a number of arrests here and raided

several properties in Brussels, linked to terror attacks in the

past. Tonight this photo was released of a Belgian man wanted in

connection with the attacks in Paris.

TRANSLATION: These appalling attacks which hit us on Friday were prepared

abroad by a team in Belgium and bars the investigation will show

accomplices in France -- and as the investigation will show. Only one of

the gunmen has been fully identified. A number of his family

members have been detained. In painful times like these,

Parisiennes gather around what is seen as a symbol of their nation, in

Place de la Republique. They are coming here in their thousands. The

French are famous for their strong sense of national pride, in their

culture, food and flag. The three coloured flag is seen to represent

the three declared principles of France, liberty, equality and

fraternity. Principles that the people here today they were under

attack on Friday with the bombs and the bullets. Principles but the

French authorities say they are now fighting hard to defend. The French

government has declared a war against terrorism. It is sending

thousands of extra troops across the country, it says, to protect its

borders and citizens. Can they keep every French man, woman and child

safe? In every restaurant, at every rock concert and football match?

France will be forever changed by the attacks two days ago and with

links to the atrocity widening, the rest of Europe probably will too.

More of the victims have been identified, and of those who are

known about so far, most are young, in their 20s and 30s.

Many were attending the rock concert in the theatre on Friday night. Just

to confirm for you, 99 people, that is the figure we have been given, 99

people in a critical condition in several of the city's hospitals. A

few cautious reports from doctors today saying everything is being

done at underlining the seriousness of the condition of lots of those

people. A reception centre has been set up for relatives and friends of

loved ones. With more now on the victims and

their families, here's our Europe Two young men, one word,

assassinated. This family have run their restaurant for generations.

Everyone around here, it seems, loved the place and its owners. They

always had a smile for everyone. They were so kind. Really well-known

here. I have only lived here a couple of years. It touches you. I

feel grief. He had a lust for life, he made everyone laugh. Both were

murdered at the Bataclan theatre. The restaurant has been here for 45

years. Everyone knew it. The third generation of the family to run the

place. One of the messages on the wall, we have no words to describe

our sadness and our anger. The family whose little restaurant has

drawn film stars, politicians and footballers, a family crushed.

TRANSLATION: Obviously it is a nightmare. They took over the

restaurant two years ago and it was doing really well. They were so

hard-working, so well-known, even worldwide. It has had an enormous

impact on our family. It is horrible, there are no words. It is

something we cannot understand. We never thought it would happen to us.

But it is everyone. More details are emerging about the other victims.

Among them, the Briton Nick Alexander. His family said he was

everyone's best friend. His girlfriend 's edge was heartbroken.

Ballantine rebate chilly -- Valentin Ribet, working in Paris, and a

budding pianist whose friends said she was brimming with talent. Two

days on, some families are still searching for their loved ones, not

sure if they are alive or dead. This is where they come for answers. Last

seen unconscious in the Bataclan theatre. We have to continue

searching since we do not have any news to say she has died, her uncle

told me. We have to keep looking. I am still optimistic said her aunt.

There are lots of people who have not been identified, unconscious in

hospitals. I think we will find her. There is uncertainty too when the

family will reopen the restaurant. Another message put it, we are

shattered, we are disgusted by this enormous injustice. Just to give you

a sense of the tension in the city this evening, there are constant

security alerts, police sirens going off every few minutes, it seems. I

will show you some images we have received from the Place de la

Republique. People were placing flowers and candles and suddenly in

what is now sadly a frequent occurrence today, reports of

possible gunfire and immediate terror and immediate panic as people

deserted the square. I was there earlier today with some people

chatting about the events of the past 24 - 48 hours and they were

paying tribute too. The Place de la Republique, just showing you how

tense and scared people are generally in the city. The heaviest

loss of life was at the Bataclan theatre. I was chatting to one man

in his 60s who had been there with friends. During the course of the

day, people have been describing what happened when the gunfire

started there. Lucy Williamson has been talking to some of those who

survived. They thought they were fighting for hostages but the

attackers at Bataclan theatre wanted to kill, not to bargain or release.

These fresh pictures of French security forces show the fear of

human beings facing a terrifying threat. Above them, the whole where

captives laid praying and dying and let up by the firefighting inside.

One man inside the building on Friday told French media, the

attackers urged each other to cause maximum carnage, they did not want

to get out alive. This is where terrified music fans laid packed on

the floor. The attackers above them on this balcony. Some victims

managed to escape through the emergency exit. I saw the secure at

the Lee McCulloch exit and I ran to the door, I ran outside -- I saw the

security exit. I saw the people, the spectators, they went down. All of

them? All of them, everybody, like a carpet. And some people pushed me on

to the ground. They blocked my legs. On a walkabout this morning, the

French Prime Minister was stopped by a father searching for his daughter.

I cannot find her, he says, no one is telling me anything. Amid the

confusion, the story of Friday night's massacre is trickling out

from the memories and mobile phones of those who were there. Much of it

is too distressing to show or even to describe. The chaos and the loss

is clear. Around Bataclan theatre tonight, the cafes that are open are

largely empty, but the streets are full. A quiet show of protest in the

face of violence. The messages here call for strength, call on

religion, the gestures of a country trying to come to terms with an

unacceptable attack. They call it national mourning, millions of

people, each struggling with private horror and personal grief. There

have been quite a few developments in the police investigation today.

Two of the attackers were French nationals who lived in Brussels,

Our security correspondent, Gordon Corera, has the latest on the

The city south of Paris is famous for its medieval cathedral but it is

the suburbs where the first of the Paris attackers to be named, Ismail

Mostefai, came from. The local mosque said it knew little about him

but one local whose sister was a friend told me she thought he may

have been involved with one man who went to Syria. What do we know about

Omar Ismail Mostefai? 29, in recent years he came to the attention of

police as a petty criminal and he was known for his links to Islamic

extremism. Here on his street, people are asking what drove him to

attack the country in which he lived. But it is also clear the

investigation into the Paris attacks is not one confined to France but it

is increasingly international. Belgium appears increasingly

important with more arrests today. Two of the attackers may have been

Frenchman who lived there and the cars of the attack were also rented

there. Back in Paris, the debris of an evening out shattered by violence

and amidst the debris investigators found a clue, a Syrian passport. It

may be fake and investigations are ongoing to confirm it was used by an

attacker. It has the name of a refugee who arrived on the Greek

island of Leh Ross on the 3rd of October. He seems to have gone to

Macedonia and Serbia where he claimed asylum. It is one strand of

an international investigation with extensive police activity and

arrests in Belgium and earlier this month, a man was also arrested in

Germany carrying weapons and explosives, an event now thought to

be linked to the Paris attacks. A former member of the French Secret

Service told me it was no surprise the group involved were so

international. TRANSLATION: We are not surprised

Belgium's strike in France. We call it diagonal strikes. They try to go

under the radar and avoid being arrested before committing the

attack. They have techniques to infiltrate and move to strike a

neighbouring country rather than their own. A desire to prevent

another attack is driving this investigation. A fear that some of

those involved may still be at large and that other cells could exist

across Europe. Let us talk more about this Belgian connection. Alex

Forsyth is in Brussels. The number of dead has risen to 132, we are

being told, that has been confirmed in the past few minutes. What can

you tell us about what the Belgium authorities are saying about this

today? Brussels is fast becoming very central to this ongoing

investigation and particularly this area of the city. Police carried out

a number of raids here yesterday in connection with the attacks in Paris

and this afternoon the Belgian federal prosecutor confirmed a total

of seven people have been arrested. The French and Belgian authorities

have set up a joint inquiry team and French investigators are in Brussels

tonight. The Belgium authorities say two of the attackers in Paris had

lived in Brussels and one in this area. This is a working-class

diverse neighbourhood, four miles from the set -- the centre of

Brussels. It has been met with other extreme is investigations. After the

Charlie Hebdo attacks, please carried out a series of anti-terror

raids here. The latest apparent attack between Belgium and France is

causing concern and it is raising questions about the scope and scale

of the problem of radicalisation here in Belgium. Many thanks. Alex

Forsyth there. It is certainly the case that events in Paris are

dominating the agenda at the G20 summit which is taking place in

Turkey. David Cameron is there, and

our chief political correspondent, What is being said? I have just come

from a briefing with senior Downing Street officials and it is very

clear that behind-the-scenes there is a concerted diplomatic effort

with the Americans and European leaders coordinating efforts, trying

to put pressure on President Putin, talking to him about a diplomatic

political solution to what is going on in Syria. President Obama talked

extensively with Putin today and in the last hour David Cameron said

what happened in Paris will strengthen the resolve of leaders

here. It has become even more clear that our safety and security depends

on degrading and ultimately destroying Isil, whether in Iraq or

Syria. We are playing a huge role in that in Iraq already. We support and

able the action in Syria. Clearly we need to keep on making the case that

we will be safer in the UK, in France, across Europe, if we destroy

this death cult once and for all. David Cameron will meet and have

face-to-face talks with President Putin tomorrow morning. They feel

this is the first time in over a year they have spoken. Downing

Street are being realistic about what they hope can be achieved but

they do think what is going on with Isil as a joint enemy could in a way

bring President Putin closer to Western leaders. Thank you. Vicki

Young, our correspondent in Antalya. The French authorities have told us

the number of dead has risen to 132, it was 120 -- 129 this morning.

Gavin Hewitt is with me. Your thoughts on not just the state of

the investigation but the impact this is having on all of France. The

focus here is very much on days of mourning and the investigation and

the manhunt for possibly an eight attacker. Elsewhere in Europe they

are beginning to ask really tough westerns, like, did any of the

attackers used a refugee route as some kind of cover? -- really tough

questions. There are suspicions, but no evidence. It has prompted the

Polish government to say it will not relocate any refugees without

security guarantees. It prompted the German Interior Minister to say,

whatever you do, do not link the refugees with a terror attack in

France, fearing a backlash. Other German politicians calling for much

tighter controls at the border. Even tighter national border controls. I

think all of that is a foretaste of the big arguments beginning to be

expressed outside of France, but no doubt they will be expressed here

too in the weeks ahead. Interesting to listen to the former president

Nicholas Sarkozy. He said, unless Europe gets its act together and

decides on a far more united approach, we are still going to have

this problem. Is there any prospect of that? I think a united approach

will be difficult in terms of doing anything that undermines or is seen

to undermine freedom of movement. A combination of the refugee crisis

and this crisis, we do not know yet how the attackers got here, how they

got their weapons, but definitely on the table is the question of whether

there needs to be tighter border controls, internal border controls,

not external border controls of Europe, and how it is resolved will

be one of the big questions here. Many thanks, Gavin Hewitt, our chief

correspondent. That is it for the time being. More for you later at

10pm. There is a continuous updating service on the BBC News Channel with

all of the latest developments on the investigation and full analysis

on BBC News and online. I will leave you now to join the BBC News teams

where you are. As we leave you from Paris, a sense of the vigil is

taking place, some big, some small, around the city, where people want

to show respect and remember the victims of the terror attacks on

Friday night. Goodbye for now.