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Manhunt For Paris terror suspect

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A manhunt is under way for one of the suspects in the Paris attacks after a suspected getaway car was found abandoned in the city.

French police issued a wanted notice and photo of Salah Abdeslam, who they believe was involved in Friday's killings.

Officers have warned the public not to approach the 26-year-old Frenchman, born in the Belgian capital Brussels.

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One of his brothers, Brahim Abdeslam, was named by a judicial source in France as one of the attackers.

The 31-year-old was identified by police as the suicide bomber who blew himself up on Boulevard Voltaire.

Another suicide bomber was named as 20-year-old Bilal Hadfi, one of three who attacked the Stade de France. He is said to have fought with Islamic State in Syria.

A third brother of Salah Abdeslam was arrested in Belgium and has allegedly been questioned before being released.

Salah rented a black Volkswagen Polo used by a group of hostage-takers who killed at least 89 people dead inside the Bataclan concert hall.

HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THE OTHER SUSPECTS

* Three teams of terrorists carried out the co-ordinated attacks

* Three of the seven suicide terrorists killed were French, two were Frenchmen living in Brussels

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* Three Kalashnikov assault rifles were discovered inside the car used in the attacks which was found east of Paris

* One of the attackers was identified as 29-year-old Frenchman Ismael Mostefai, who had been flagged for links to Islamic radicalism

* Seven people have been arrested in Belgium and six in France in connection with the killings, including Mostefai's father and brother

* At least one of the men arrested in Belgium was a French national

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* It's been reported that two of the attackers passed through Europe as refugees, one using a Syrian passport to enter Greece and the other claiming asylum in Serbia.

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