Death toll rises to 130 in Paris attacks

PARIS

The toll in the multiple gun-and-bomb attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 has increased to 130 people dead, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced Friday.

"One of the victims, who had been critically injured, has died in the hospital," Valls told the French Senate as it discussed extending France’s state of emergency for a further three months.

Also Friday, the French Interior Ministry said in a statement that 90 arrests had been made over the past five days, adding that police also conducted 793 raids during the same time period.

It added that 174 weapons, 64 drug supplies and €250,000 ($266,675) had been seized.

The main suspect in coordinating the Paris attacks, Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was killed in Wednesday's raid on an apartment in Saint-Denis.

At least eight attackers are believed to be involved in the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris, seven of whom died. The eighth alleged attacker, Salah Abdeslam, is believed to be on the run. French president blamed the attack on Daesh a day after the attacks.

PARIS

The toll in the multiple gun-and-bomb attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 has increased to 130 people dead, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced Friday.

"One of the victims, who had been critically injured, has died in the hospital," Valls told the French Senate as it discussed extending France’s state of emergency for a further three months.

Also Friday, the French Interior Ministry said in a statement that 90 arrests had been made over the past five days, adding that police also conducted 793 raids during the same time period.

It added that 174 weapons, 64 drug supplies and €250,000 ($266,675) had been seized.

The main suspect in coordinating the Paris attacks, Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was killed in Wednesday's raid on an apartment in Saint-Denis.