French authorities identify third concert hall attacker

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The French authorities have identified the third terrorist who blew himself up in a concert hall during last month’s attack in Paris.

According to report, Le Parisien newspaper identified the third attacker at the Bataclan music venue as 23-year-old Foued Mohamed Aggad, a native of the eastern French city of Strasbourg.

Aggad had traveled to Syria with his brother and a group of friends in late 2013. Le Parisien reported that Aggad’s older brother, Karim, had been detained by French authorities after returning from Syria in March 2014.

The Bataclan was the scene of the deadliest of the coordinated attacks that killed 130 people across Paris. 89 of the victims were killed when three attackers opened fire on a crowd watching a show by the American rock band Eagles of Death Metal.