
At least two of the three suicide bombers who blew themselves up outside of Paris' Stade de France arrived on the Greek island of Leros last month posing as refugees, after reportedly being rescued from a sinking boat by the Greek coast guard.
One of the men, traveling under the name M al-Mahmod, entered Leros on Oct. 3, according to the BBC. The news service said he was joined by a fellow Stade de France attacker, previously reported to be carrying a Syrian passport with the name Ahmad al-Mohammad, from Idlib, Syria.
Both men had taken a boat from Turkey to Greece, along with some 200 migrants and refugees, according to two Greek officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The boat sank before reaching Greece — and the men were rescued by the Greek coast guard, the officials said. Read more...
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