Salah Abdeslam

The suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks was questioned by German police at Cologne-Bonn airport early last year before he boarded a plane to Istanbul, Spiegel magazine reported on Nov. 19, quoting security officials. 

The suspected mastermind of last week's Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was killed in the police raid of an apartment north of the capital on Nov. 18, French officials said on Nov. 19, as French lawmakers extended emergency powers imposed after the carnage.

Turkey deported Paris attack suspect Brahim Abdeslam during a failed attempt to join the ranks of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) by crossing the Turkish border into Syria, U.S. media has reported. 

French public prosecutor Francois Molins held a press conference on Saint Denis police operation conducted in order to capture the terrorists who attacked Paris and killed 129 people.

A woman blew herself up and a suspected jihadist was killed, as seven suspects were detained Nov. 18 in a massive police assault in Paris targeting the possible mastermind of last week's Paris attacks that killed at least 129 people and wounded more than 300.

Paris is in a state of alert after several reports of gunfire made – beginning at around 4.30 a.m. local time and running for more than three hours – during an ongoing operation at St. Denis, north of Paris, and 2km away from the Stade de France where attacks took place on Friday.

Bulgaria advised on Tuesday its citizens travelling to Belgium or staying there to be vigilant regarding potential terrorist attacks.

German police arrested two women and a man in connection with Friday's attacks in Paris, which had claimed the lives of 129 people and left hundreds injured.

The arrests were carried out in the town of Alsdorf, northeast of the city of Aachen, Deutsche Welle reports.

Special units were deployed to conduct the operation, with the arrests occurring at a job centre.

The friendly football match between Belgium and Spain, which was scheduled to take place at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels on Tuesday evening, was cancelled due to security concerns following the attacks in Paris on Friday.

The attacks at six sites across the French capital claimed the lives of 129 people and left hundreds injured.

French authorities are scrambling to find Abdesalam Salah, who is believed to have taken part in the Paris attacks. French police reportedly questioned Salah just hours after the deadly rampage, only to let him go. Belgium’s RTL reported on Monday that Salah had been captured after a huge manhunt, however the report was refuted by RTBL that cited sources from the Belgium prosecutor’s office.