FRENCH police have identified three teams of gunmen wearing suicide vests who killed at least 129 people during an onslaught on the French capital claimed by the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Saturday.

    A 29-year-old Frenchman was the first to be confirmed among the seven attackers, all of whom died in the assault, while two other men who registered as refugees in Greece have been linked to the atrocities.

    The Greek line of inquiry and the discovery of at least one Syrian passport at the scene have raised suspicions that some of the attackers or accomplices might have entered Europe as part of an influx of people fleeing Syria’s civil war.

    “A Syrian passport in the name of a person born in Syria in 1990 was found near a suicide bomber who blew himself up at the Stade de France [stadium],” prosecutor Francois Molins said.

    Earlier in the day, the Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility for the attacks that left a trail of destruction at a sold-out concert hall, at restaurants and bars, and outside France’s national stadium.

    A total of 129 people were killed and 352 wounded, of whom 99 were said to be in critical condition. The toll does not include the seven attackers.

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the emerging-market bloc of BRICS yesterday strongly condemned the terror attacks. The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met in the Turkish resort city of Antalya on the sidelines of the 10th summit of the Group of 20 major economies.

    “At the sorrowful moment of the French people, I, on behalf of the Chinese Government and the Chinese people, and personally, condemn in the strongest terms the barbaric acts,” Xi said in a message of condolence to French President Francois Hollande on Saturday.

    Hollande called the coordinated assault Friday night an “act of war” as the Paris capital’s normally bustling streets fell eerily quiet, 10 months after attacks on magazine Charlie Hebdo shocked the nation.

    A national emergency and three days of mourning have been declared. Paris City Hall ordered all city facilities closed, while the Eiffel Tower shut indefinitely.

    The remains of the 29-year-old French gunman were found near the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, the bloodiest of the attacks.

    A total of 89 people were killed there by armed men who burst in shouting “Allahu akbar” (“God is greatest!”) before gunning down concert-goers and executing hostages. The jihadists were heard raging at the French president and his decision in September to begin air strikes on Islamic State in Syria.

    The band on stage at the time, U.S. rock group Eagles of Death Metal, survived the attack but have cut short their European tour to return to the United States.

    As police stormed the Bataclan at around 12:30 a.m., two of the gunmen blew themselves up, while the third was shot by police.

    Three suicide bombers also detonated their explosives outside the Stade de France stadium where France was playing Germany in a soccer friendly attended by Hollande, who was evacuated.

    The seventh attacker blew himself up on a bustling avenue near the Bataclan concert hall, injuring one other person.

    The investigation quickly spread beyond France on Saturday as Belgian police arrested several suspects in Brussels, including one who was in Paris at the time of the carnage.

    Another foreigner sought in connection with the attacks was also found to have registered in Greece.(SD-Agencies)

    (Special report on P2, 3; Related story on P5; Opinion on P8)