Discarded cellphone led to Paris attacks ringleader

Friday, November 20, 2015

PARIS -- French investigators tracked down the alleged ringleader of last week's Paris bloodshed after receiving a startling tipoff: The Islamic militant wasn't in Syria but in Europe, plotting yet another attack. A discarded cellphone found near a bloodied concert hall led them to his cousin and then to a suburban Paris apartment where both died in a hail of bullets and explosions.

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