As French authorities investigate the deadly attacks in Paris, a picture of some of the suspected attackers and their accomplices is beginning to emerge.
French officials believe that seven people died carrying out the co-ordinated attacks that claimed the lives of more than 100 victims across the city on Friday.
Of the seven attackers, these individuals have been identified:
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Samy Amimour, 28
The Paris prosecutor's office identified Amimour as one of the attackers at the Bataclan music hall, the site of the most casualties on Friday night.
In 2012, Amimour was questioned about links to a network of terrorist sympathizers and a cancelled trip to Yemen. According to French prosecutors, the Frenchman was then subjected to restrictions.
He violated these restrictions a year later, when Le Monde newspaper reports he made his way to Syria.
In an interview with French paper, the suspect's father says he followed his son to Islamic State-held territory and tried to convince Amimour to go back home.
But, according to the paper, the suspect was not interested in returning to the west. His father left Syria a few days later, unable to convince Amimour to change his mind.
The Le Monde article did not name Amimour's father. It also did not mention if the father was among three of Amimour's relatives who were reportedly arrested after the attacks.
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Ismael Omar Mostefai, 29
Authorities identified Mostefai as one of the attackers after finding his fingerprints on a finger recovered at the Bataclan concert hall. Mostefai, a French citizen, had a criminal record for petty crimes and had previously been flagged for ties to radical Islamic beliefs.
Officials told the Associated Press that it is believed Mostefai travelled to Syria in recent years, though it's unclear what he did in the country.
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Ahmad Al Mohammad, 25
French officials say they discovered a Syrian passport under the name Ahmad Al Mohammad at an attack site near the Stade de France. According to the prosecutor's office, a man with that name travelled through Greece in October, using the same identification.
Investigators are still trying to confirm if the passport is legitimate and whether it rightfully belonged to the attacker.
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Bilal Hadfi, 20, and Brahim Abdeslam, 30 or 31
A French judicial official told the Associated Press that police have also identified Hadfi and Abdeslam as suicide bombers in the Friday attacks. Hadfi, the report says, detonated himself outside the Stade de France, while Abdeslam detonated outside a cafe on the Boulevard Voltaire. Both men were French citizens living in Belgium.
In the wake of the attacks, police have also carried out a series of raids in France and Belgium, and made a number of other arrests.
On Sunday, a Belgian official said the country had made seven arrests in connection with the Paris attacks.
Officials are also hunting for Salah Abdeslam, 26, and have identified the man they believe masterminded the deadly events:
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Salah Abdeslam, the Belgian-born brother of Brahim Abdeslam, is believed to have been directly involved in the attacks.
Police released an image of Salah Abdeslam on Twitter on Sunday, describing him as 1.75 metres (5'7) tall with brown eyes.
Officials say they questioned the suspect near the Belgium border on Saturday morning, before his photo and information was publicised, but let him continue after checking his ID.
"Abdeslam, it seems, was spotted inside the vehicle, but at the time he was spotted he was not yet under investigation," Claude Moniquet, the CEO of the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Centre told CTV News Channel.
French police say Salah Abdeslam is considered highly dangerous, and ask that members of the public "do not intervene" if they see him.
Police say the suspect was also travelling with a third brother, who was later arrested in Belgium.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, late 20s
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On Monday, officials identified Abaaoud as the suspected mastermind behind the most deadly attack in Paris since the Second World War.
Abaaoud grew up in the Molenbeek neighbourhood of Brussels.
"He comes from a good family. He was in a good school process without any major problems," Moniquet said. "But at the moment, we don't know when or why, he became radicalised."
Abaaoud travelled to Syria and joined the Islamic State militants. From there, Moniquet said, the fugitive shared videos of horrible atrocities.
According to an Associated Press report, Abaaoud became so fervent in his radicalism that he recruited his 13-year-old brother to join him in Syria.
Abaaoud is also suspected to be behind other attempted attacks in Europe, including one on a high-speed train in August, and another against a church in the suburbs of Paris.
In a video made public in 2014, Abaaoud is seen saying, "I pray that Allah will break the backs of those who oppose him, his soldiers and his admirer, and that he will exterminate them."
His current whereabouts are unknown.
With files from the Associated Press
