Police probing Friday's attacks in Paris have been searching premises they believe were used by the attackers. A car rented by Salah Abdeslam, the suspected eighth gunman who is now the subject of an international manhunt, is also being inspected. He or his brother Brahim, named as another attacker, are thought to have rented a flat and two hotel rooms. The so-called Islamic State (IS) group says it carried out the multiple attacks in which 129 people died. Officials say that 117 of the victims have now been identified. A Belgian-registered black Renault Clio was found parked near Montmartre in northern Paris. After police sealed off the area and ensured there was no booby-trap, the vehicle was towed away for forensic examination. Investigators believe the car may have been used to bring the attackers to and from Belgium, from where French authorities say the attacks were organised. Images on French media of one of the hotel rooms being examined show syringes and tubes which could be bomb-making equipment. Follow the latest live updates Salah Abdeslam is believed to have fled across the border to his native Belgium. Belgian police have released more pictures of him. On Tuesday French media reported that a French jihadist, Fabien Clain, had been identified as the voice in a recording issued by Islamic State in which it said it had carried out the attacks.In an effort to prevent more attacks, France has mobilised 115,000 security personnel, according to Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Mr Cazeneuve said 128 more raids on suspected militants had been carried out. French warplanes also carried out fresh strikes against the IS stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria, the army general staff reported, destroying a command centre and training centre. Russia's security chief said earlier on Tuesday he believed terrorists were behind the downing of a Russian jet in Egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board. IS has said it destroyed the plane. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Russian planes had intensified their air campaign, hitting positions in the Syrian cities of Raqqa and Deir al-Zour. Meanwhile, Belgium's government has raised its terror threat level because of the failure so far to arrest Abdeslam. Tuesday's football match between the national team and Spain has been cancelled as a result.
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