Reports: Manhunt underway in Paris for more killers

USA TODAY - November 15, 2015 - Security increased on Saturday across the U.S. after attacks in Paris on Friday killed 129 people. Belgium’s federal prosecutors say authorities have made three arrests linked to the deadly attacks, which were claimed by the Islamic State group. 
The French capital remained on edge Sunday as reports emerged that one or two people involved in Friday’s terror attacks may have vanished unscathed into the vast city.
French officials have said seven terrorists were directly involved in the attacks that left 129 people dead and more than 350 injured Friday night. Six reportedly blew themselves up and a seventh was killed in a shootout with police.
The New York Times, citing a source close to the investigation, said a manhunt was now underway for a possible eighth assailant, and the The Washington Post said the search might involve two more killers.
Also Sunday, a French judicial official said the father of suicide bomber Ismael Mostefai — the only terrorist to be publicly identified by authorities — Mostefai’s brother and other family members were detained and were being questioned, French media reported.
French publication Le Point named one of the bombers who detonated his explosive belt at the Stade de France, or National Stadium, as Egyptian-born Waled Abdelrazak S., aged 27.
Officials in Belgium on Sunday said that seven people were detained in connection with the Paris attacks.
Several Kalashnikov rifles were found in an abandoned car believed to have been used by the attackers, Paris Match reported, citing police sources. The magazine said the black Seat vehicle was discovered in the Montreuil neighborhood in eastern Paris on Sunday, indicating that some attackers escaped. Seat is a Spanish-made car popular
Mostefai, 29, was identified after part of his finger was found at the Bataclan concert hall, where most of the victims were found, according to local media.
Mostefai, who has Algerian roots, was born in the town of Courcouronnes, 15 miles south of Paris and had eight convictions for petty crimes between 2004 and 2010, but did not serve jail time, Le Monde reported.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Mostefai was on authorities’ radar for radicalization in 2010, but had not previously been implicated in a terrorism investigation. AFP said investigators are looking into whether he traveled to Syria last year, citing police sources.
Jean-Pierre Gorges, the mayor of Chartres, a city about 60 miles southwest of Paris, said in a Facebook post that Mostefai lived there until at least 2012.
CNN said one of the bombers who blew himself up at the Stade de France was issued with a Syrian emergency passport under the name Ahmad al-Mohammad after landing on Leros. She said the fingerprints on the passport matched the bomber’s, citing an unnamed French senator.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.
'The skies are darkened by the horrific attacks that took place in Paris,” said President Obama on Sunday following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Antalya, Turkey, ahead of a summit of leaders of the world’s top 20 economies there. Describing the assaults as an 'attack on the civilized world,' Obama said the U.S. stands in solidarity with the French in hunting down the perpetrators and bringing them to justice.
Obama said he and Erdogan discussed fortifying the borders between Syria and Turkey, redoubling efforts to bring about a peaceful end to the four-year-civil war in Syria and eliminating the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
He said the U.S. stands with Turkey and Europe in reducing the flow of migrants. Hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees have entered Europe this year.
Mourners lay flowers and light candles at La Belle Equipe restaurant following Friday’s terrorist attack on Nov. 15, 2015, in Paris.  Jeff J. Mitchell, Getty Images
'The open door policy of having migrants come to Europe leaves the door wide open to attacks by terrorists,' said retiree Jack Parker, 65, a long-time British resident of Paris. 'Any smart terrorist would have used the open door policy. Hundreds of terrorists have probably entered Europe in the last few months posing as Syrian refugees.'
Molins said the assaults on Friday were carried out by seven terrorists operating in three separate, highly coordinated teams. The first attack was at the Stade de France, at 9:20 p.m. when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside during a friendly soccer match between France and Germany. Other attacks happened at cafes and at the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people were killed during a performance by the California rock band Eagles of Death Metal.
At least one American — Nohemi Gonzalez, 20, a college student from California — was among the dead, according to California State University in Long Beach, where she went to school. Mark Toner, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, confirmed some Americans were also among the injured.