Netanyahu orders security agencies to assist France

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given orders to his security apparatus to give France "all possible assistance" as it begins to investigate how at least eight attackers managed to carry out highly co-ordinated attacks in the capital last night, Le Monde reports.

As early investigations begin, with medical experts saying they believe the suicide bomber were aged between just 15 and 18, chaos still reigns in Paris as families continue to search for missing loved ones.

A telephone specially set up to help those searching for relatives is reportedly inundated with calls. Many bodies of those who died in the Bataclan music venue were not removed until Saturday because the focus was on evacuating the injured to hospitals and makeshift medical centres.

Many of the victims had their belongings, including identifying documents and cards, in the venue's cloakroom when the violence broke out, reports French daily Liberation, making identifying the dead a more complex and lengthy process.