Preliminary investigations over the Paris Attacks by the French investigating agencies have claimed that the suspected mastermind behind the Friday’s terror attack was a Belgian national. The suspected Belgian national is believed to be taking shelter in Islamic state Syria, which is currently one of the most active territories of ISIS militants.

French Investigation Claims 27-Year-Old Belgian National as Suspected Mastermind of Paris Attacks

A most valid source of French investigation agency said, “He appears to be the brains behind several planned attacks in Europe.” The suspected mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud is the only lead following the evidence and traces which have been collected by investigators behind the killing of at least 129 people in Paris on Friday.

It is being affirmed by the investigators that the suspect 27-year-old Abdelhamid Abaaoud is  sheltered like many other members of the militant Islamist cell at the Molenbeek suburb of Brussels has invoked to the Paris attacks. Apart from this sources added by the Belgium media exact that Abdelhamid Abaaoud is also accused of series of planned attacks in Belgium foiled by the police last January.

During one of about a twelve raids against an Islamist group that federal prosecutors said was about to set up terrorist attacks on a grand scale in the town of Verviers, Belgian police killed two men upon being fired on them. Abdelhamid Abaaoud cellphone was traced in Greece at the moment of the Verviers events. Although as of now more facts are to be ascertained as there hasn’t been any clear link established yet.

Why Would He Want Kill Innocent People?

While considering the fingerprints from one of the suicide bombers, French prosecutors are alleging that they have matched the prints of a suspect registered in Greece in October. Recalling an incident of this year, the Islamic State’s online magazine Dabiq which was published in the month of February cited an interview of a militant named Abdelhamid Abaaoud, bragging about him exacting that he unnoticed by security forces when he was travelling across the Europe to organize attacks and procure weapons.

Various other sources of media have also carried out the name of the Abdelhamid Abaaoud as the elder brother of a 13-year-old boy who left Belgium to become a child fighter in Syria. Followed by which the father of the Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Omar Abaaoud said he prevents deliberately from inheriting his son in a Belgian newspaper interview. He said, “Abdelhamid has brought shame to our family. Our lives are equally destroyed. Why would he want to kill innocent Belgians? Our family owes everything to this country.”