Paris terrorist 'phoned Birmingham several times before attacks'

One of the terrorist gunmen who brought terror to Paris is believed to have called a number in Birmingham several times before launching the attack, according to reports.

Counter terror police are investigating information that one of the nine attackers rang the number “on several occasions” before the assault that killed 130 people, the Daily Mirror reports.

A source told the newspaper:

The news comes as Britain begins bombing targets of the so-called Islamic State in response to the Paris murders, and raises the fear that a terror cell is in the UK planning a similar attack.

Eurofighter Typhoons fly over RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, as they arrive to bolster the number of jets at the base which began the first British bombing runs over Syria. Credit: PA

A Scotland Yard spokesman is quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying: