French police have seized a rocket launcher and a huge cache of weapons in Lyon after they launched a series of coordinated anti-terrorism raids across the country this morning following the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday.

Heavily armed tactical units launched more than 150 pre-dawn raids at addresses in Toulouse, Lyon, Grenoble, Calais and two suburbs of Paris.

French media reports a rocket launcher, flack jackets, several pistols and a Kalashnikov assault rifle were among the cache of weapons seized in Lyon overnight.

Meanwhile, a French official has also identified the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks as Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

This morning French security sources said a fourth terrorist has been identified as Samy Aminour, 28, after a series of raids on addresses linked to his family in the Parisian suburbs of Seine-Saint-Denis and Bobigny.

Police believe he was a part of the team of four terrorists who killed 89 at the Bataclan rock gig.

A huge manhunt is currently under way for surviving members and accomplices of the Islamist group that killed at least 129 people in Paris on Friday night.

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