French investigators have confirmed that Belgian-Moroccan Chakib Akrouh, who blew himself up when trapped by police on Nov. 18, was the third member of the three-man unit that killed dozens of cafegoers during a multipronged Islamist attack on Paris days earlier.
The confirmation by a French judiciary official comes two months after the Islamic State-claimed assault of Nov. 13, in which nine men, split into three groups, attacked a sports stadium, a string of cafes and a concert hall, killing 130.
The judiciary official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the third member of the team that conducted the gun attacks on cafes and restaurants was 25-year-old Akrouh, identified on Thursday via DNA samples from body parts recovered at the flat where he triggered a suicide vest during a police raid.
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