At least one of the terrorists behind the deaths of 129 people in Paris sneaked into France posing as a Syrian refugee, it has been claimed.
Ahmed Almuhamed is purported to be one of the suicide bombers at the Bataclan concert hall, where 100 were taken hostage and more than 80 killed.
The 25-year-old alleged ISIS terrorist posed as a Syrian refugee in order to receive passage into France by way of Greece — along with one other bomber.
According to Serbian media, a Syrian passport belonging to Ahmed Almuhamed was found at the scene of the attack at the Stade de France.
Now a Greek newspaper claims to have discovered the 25-year-old and a family member, called Mohammed Almuhmed, were rescued from a wrecked migrant boat that had sunk on the journey from Syria.
The rescued men were brought to the island of Leros on October 3. They were among a convoy of 69 refugees who were registered and had their fingerprints taken before continuing on their journey.
Serbian authorities said that Ahmed, identified by Serbian authorities with the initials AA, was processed at a border crossing from Macedonia into Serbia just a few days later.
“One of the suspected terrorists, AA, who is of interest to the French security agencies, was registered on the Presevo border crossing on October 7 this year, where he formally sought asylum,” the Serbian interior ministry said in a statement. “There was no Interpol warrant issued against this person.”
Greece is the main entry point for Syrian refugees trying to escape war and enter into Europe. European officials have feared for a long time that ISIS militants could be hiding amongst them. He was also in Croatia in some point; Ahmed, according to the Croatian interior ministry spokesperson, was registered at a refugee camp in Opatovac on October 8, and from there traveled to Hungary and Austria.
French authorities have already named one of the killers as Omar Ismail Mostefai, who was identified by his finger found in the carnage of the Bataclan concert hall.
The Paris killers are believed to have gained brutal fighting experience in Syria.
dentity papers were circulated by French detectives to Europol and Interpol as soon as they were found in a bid to identify those behind the atrocity.
Three are known to be Belgian, others were possibly French. All were said to have appeared “war-trained and fearless”.
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