Dozens arrested in France following Paris attacks

French authorities have arrested 23 people in relation to the attacks on 13 November across Paris.

French police have carried out a series of raids on suspected Islamist militants in response to attacks on bars, restaurants, the Stade de France and the Bataclan concert hall.

Terrorist group ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attacks that left 129 people dead to date, and french Prime Minister Manuel Valls has claimed that the attacks were organised from Syria.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has confirmed that 23 people have been arrested and dozens of weapons have been seized, including a Kalashnikov assault rifle and rocket launchers. More than 100 people have also been placed under house arrest.

The names of suspected attackers have also been released by French authorities and include: Mohammed Abdeslam, who was reportedly arrested in Belgium; Brahim Abdeslam, 31, who has been named as one of the attackers who died near Bataclan concert hall; Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, who reportedly died in the attack on Bataclan; Bilal Hadfi, 20, who was named as the attacker who died at the Stade de France; Ahmad al-Mohammad, 25, who is though to have died at the Stade de France; Samy Amimour, 28, who has been named as the suicide bomber at the Bataclan; and two other attackers also believed to have died during the assaults in the city.

Salah Abdeslam, 26, has been named as one of the attackers and is urgently wanted by police. Abdeslam is thought to have rented the black Volkswagen Polo used by the group that attacked the Bataclan concert hall. He has been described as a French national and is believed to have been born in Belgium. Hours after the attacks he was stopped along with two other men near the border with Belgium but was not detained as he was not on the wanted list at that stage.

Valls has also said that more attacks should be expected across Europe. He said: "We know that operations were being prepared and are still being prepared, not only against France but other European countries too. We are making use of the legal framework of the state of emergency to question people who are part of the radical jihadist movement... and all those who advocate hate of the republic.”