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First Paris gunman identified

10One of the attackers who killed 129 people in Paris has been identified by French investigators.

French citizen Omar Ismail Mostefai was named by local media and a French parliamentarian.

The 29-year-old had a criminal record and was known to have been radicalised.

Investigators identified him after his severed fingertip was found at the Bataclan concert hall, where three attackers blew themselves up, AFP news agency reports.

Friday’s attacks, claimed by Islamic State (IS) militants, hit a concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and bars in the French capital.