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One of suspects in Paris attacks registered on arrival in Croatia: media

Xinhua, November 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

One of the suspects of Paris attacks was registered in a Croatian refugee reception center and headed for Hungary, Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List reported on Sunday.

Several sources confirmed the holder of a Syrian passport which was found at the site of the terrorist attack in Paris was registered at the Opatovac refugee reception center in eastern Croatia, near the border with Serbia on Oct. 8, the reports said.

He was allowed through to Hungary because there was no "security alarm" about him, since Interpol has not marked him as suspicious, a report said.

Earlier, Greek police has said that the owner of the passport was a young man who has been identified by fingerprints in Greek island of Leros and passed through on Oct. 3.

Serbian Interior Ministry also confirmed on Sunday that the holder of the passport had entered the country from Macedonia and registered at the Presevo border crossing on Oct. 7, according to Croatian News Agency Hina.

"It was established that his details matched those of a person registered in Greece on 3 Oct," the Serbian Interior Ministry said in a statement. Enditem