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2015-12-15 Europe
Paris ringleader directed Bataclan theater attackers by phone
[CNN] The ringleader of the Gay Paree attacks last month appears to have directed the three bandidos faceless myrmidons inside the Bataclan theater by phone from a few blocks away, according to a French terrorism expert. And, a witness has told French Sherlocks that they saw Abdelhamid Abaaoud standing in a doorway yelling into his phone for about an hour.

That night, the witness had several times gone to a car parked nearby, and Abaaoud had been there every time. They described the man as very agitated. When the witness later walked past him, they were able to see his face. Abaaoud's head was shaved and he was wearing layers of loose clothing, but when photographs were later published in the media the witness immediately recognized him and alerted the authorities.

Ringleader was planning more attacks
The witness account was disclosed by French terrorism analyst Jean Charles Brisard in the latest edition of the Combating Terrorism Center's journal Sentinel.

Brisard writes that "the presence of Abaaoud in the immediate vicinity of the attacks provides an indication of his degree of implication in the supervision and control of the plot, and suggests he was giving direct orders and instructions to his team inside the Bataclan."
Posted by Fred 2015-12-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
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