Names of three of the Paris attackers figure in massive documents leak from the Islamic State militant group, media reports said on Saturday.
Samy Amimour, Foued Mohamed-Aggad and Omar Ismail Mostefai believed to have carried out the worst attack in Paris at the Bataclan theatre during a concert by a rock band in November are among 22,000 ISIS recruits worldwide whose identities have been revealed in the recent leak.
As many as 90 people were killed using guns and suicide vests in the Bataclan attack during a concert by Eagles of Death Metal, whose singer and guitarist Jesse Hughes yesterday apologised for alleging that the club’s security guards were involved, saying he was struggling with trauma.
He said in a statement that “my suggestions that anyone affiliated with the Bataclan played a role in the events of November 13 are unfounded and baseless — and I take full responsibility for them”.