Paris attacks: Police reveal Belgian connection, death toll rises to 132

French police have identified one of the seven Islamic State supporters who carried out Paris terrorism attacks at the weekend.

He is French national Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, who was identified by a severed finger at the Bataclan concert hall where 89 people were killed.

Three injured victims have died in hospital, bringing the total to 132 who were killed and 349 injured, 96 critically, in three coordinated attacks by armed men wearing suicide jackets of explosives.

In other developments:

• Authorities have the remains of seven of the attackers and are looking for another individual, Abdeslam Salah, 26, a Belgian national;
• Police found a car containing Kalashnikov rifles abandoned in Montreuil, just outside Paris, which matched descriptions of a vehicle used in the assault;
• Police have arrested seven people in Belgium and six in Paris in connection with the attacks, including members of Mostefai’s family; and
• Serbia’s Interior Ministry said one of the suspected assailants, Ahmad Almohammad, 25, who was carrying a Syrian passport, had formally requested asylum in the country on October 7 after passing through Greece four days earlier.

Belgian connection
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins says three distinct groups of attackers were involved: a trio of suicide bombers at the Stade de France stadium, gunmen who killed and injured hundreds in Bataclan concert hall and a third group who drove between nearby bars and restaurants, riddling them with bullets.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says the Paris attacks were prepared by a group of individuals in Belgium backed by accomplices in France.

"There's an intensive need for cooperation between the French and Belgian services because those in Belgium who prepared the attacks were not known to the French intelligence services," he says.

Impact on Paris
French President Francois Hollande wants to extend the state of emergency for three months, AFP reports.

As part of the emergency regulations, many public venues and facilities in Paris are closed and people are being advised to stay indoors.

However, an early evening mass for the victims has gone ahead at the Notre Dame cathedral. France is in three days of mourning.