French spies came under fire yesterday for failing to pick up on relevant actionable intelligence

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The most glaring slip-up was the failure to flag up the arrest of a Montenegrin suspect in Bavaria 10 days ago in a car packed with Kalashnikovs and grenades – with Paris in his sat-nav.

The information was passed to Interpol but a report said the French did not seem to be interested.

One of the killers, Omar Ismail Mostefai, was a Parisian who had been on a terrorist list for five years.