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Paris attacks: plots against Charles de Gaulle airport, La Defense found: report
By Nick Miller
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Paris: Evidence of a new terror plot was found in the apartment after the deadly raid which claimed the life of Paris attack ringleader suspect Abdelhamid Abaaoud, British media reported on Thursday.
Channel 4 TV reported the discovery of attack plans, including maps of Charles de Gaulle Airport and La Defense, the city's finance and business district.
Police continued their hunt for fugitive terror suspect Salah Abdeslam, in whose name the flat had been rented.
On Thursday police searched the home of the parents of the young woman believed to have detonated a suicide vest during the raid on Wednesday. Several other terror-related raids took place in other parts of the country.
A neighbour told the Daily Mail they saw Abaaoud sitting outside the flat on Saturday afternoon drinking whisky, less than a day after the Paris terror attacks he allegedly co-ordinated.
New claims about other terror plotters were also aired on Thursday.
An eyewitness at the Stade de France told CNN he saw one of the bombers hanging around the stadium, and thought he was acting strangely.
He believed the man moved away from nearby people before his suicide vest detonated.
And a "friend" of Abdeslam told The Sun the killer confided after the attacks that "we went too far".
"He told me they had gone too far and he was overwhelmed by what was happening, but he couldn't hand himself in because of the consequences for his family," the unnamed person told The Sun.
"He also fears reprisals from IS (Islamic State). He said he wanted to get a message to his brother and warned over radicalisation."
Meanwhile, the first burial permits have been issued for the victims of the Friday 13th attacks, and the first of many funerals is expected early next week.
The revelations of further terror plots in France come as US authorities warned of potential militant attacks in Italy, whose security services are looking for five possible suspects, Italy's Foreign Minister said.
Speaking to state broadcaster RAI, Paolo Gentiloni referred to "possible terrorist attacks" that could be aimed at St Peter's Basilica in Rome or the cathedral or La Scala theatre in Milan.
The US embassy in Rome said in a message to its citizens that – alongside the big tourist destinations – churches, synagogues, restaurants, theatres and hotels in the country's two main cities could also be targets.