--- description: Prosecutors on Thursday identified one of the jihadists involved in the attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded title: Prosecutors Identify Militant Involved in the Paris Attacks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Prosecutors Identify Militant Involved in Paris Attacks  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2016 1:07 AM CUT  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 15, 2016 1:07 AM CUT Prosecutors on Thursday identified another one of the jihadists who participated in the November [attacks in Paris](http://time.com/4112884/paris-attacks-isis-isil-france-francois-hollande/ "undefined") that left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded. Chakib Akrouh, a Belgian-Moroccan man, was identified as the third person who shot and killed people at cafes and bars in Paris on Nov. 13 as part of a coordinated assault on the city planned by the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), [according to the New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/world/europe/a-jihadist-involved-in-the-paris-attacks-is-identified.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined"). **Watch:** [A Timeline of How the Paris Attacks Unfolded](http://time.com/4113285/paris-attacks-timeline/ "undefined") Akrouh, 25, blew himself up in an apartment during a [police raid](http://time.com/4117835/paris-attacks-saint-denis-raid/ "undefined") days later, prosecutors said. Police were able to identify him by comparing DNA from his remains to samples from his mother. There are now two people involved in the attacks who remain unidentified. \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/world/europe/a-jihadist-involved-in-the-paris-attacks-is-identified.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4181880/paris-attacks-terrorist-chakib-akrouh/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4181880/paris-attacks-terrorist-chakib-akrouh/"},"headline":"Prosecutors Identify Militant Involved in Paris Attacks","datePublished":"2016-01-15T01:07:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:09:19.233Z","description":"The man was one of the people who shot and killed patrons at cafes and bars during the attack","url":"https://time.com/4181880/paris-attacks-terrorist-chakib-akrouh/","keywords":["France"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4181880/paris-attacks-terrorist-chakib-akrouh/","name":"Prosecutors Identify Militant Involved in Paris Attacks"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Raw: French President Hollande Honors Victims Killed In 2015","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/KKsmf9Ta/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-10T16:45:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KKsmf9Ta.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4181880/paris-attacks-terrorist-chakib-akrouh/","duration":"PT59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4181880/paris-attacks-terrorist-chakib-akrouh/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```