Paris attacks were planned in Syria: PM Manuel Valls

Friday's attacks by Islamist militants in Paris were planned and organised from Syria, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has said. He added that the authorities believed new terror attacks were being planned in France and other European countries. Mr Valls also said 150 raids on suspected militants had been carried out across France early on Monday. A total of 129people died in the attacks on bars and restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France. A huge manhunt is under way for surviving members and accomplices of the Islamist group that carried out the attack. Police have named Brussels-born Salah Abdeslam, 26, as a key suspect. He was reportedly stopped by officers in the wake of the attacks - but then let go. Meanwhile, French aircraft have attacked Raqqa, the stronghold in Syria of the Islamic State group, which has said it carried out the attacks. Mr Valls said that France was dealing with a"terrorist army", rather than a single terrorist group."We know that operations were being prepared and are still being prepared, not only against France but other European countries too," he said, quoted by AFP news agency. The prime minister said more than 150 raids on militant targets in different areas of France early on Monday. Police sources told news agencies that properties in the Paris suburb of Bobigny, as well as the cities of Grenoble, Toulouse and Lyon, had been targeted.Seven attackers died in the assault on the French capital, most of them after detonating suicide belts