The Ministry of Justice in Belgium announced early on Saturday that Belgian police have made several arrests in connection with Friday’s horrific and tragic attacks in Paris. The bombings in the French capital killed 127 people, including 87 who were taken hostage and murdered at a Parisian club during a concert in a mass AK-47 rampage.

The Justice Ministry stated that a car with Belgian license plates was spotted outside the club where the concert was being held and where the murderous attack happened. Police identified the vehicle as a rented car and tracked it to the Jans Molenbeek neighborhood of the Belgian capital of Brussels, according to Fox News.

The French media had reported the fact that the car had been seen outside the concert hall and police moved swiftly to arrest at least three men in Brussels. The arrests were made after Belgian police had searched the vehicle. They also arrested the man who had originally rented the vehicle. This seemed an immediate and swift retribution backing up French president Hollande’s declaration that the Islamic State murderers would be quickly hunted down

Police in France and Belgium were tracking down the many leads they had with regard to who the eight attackers might be and how to trace them back to their handlers. The French police informed the media that one of the men that blew himself up on Friday in Paris was a French citizen who had a long record of radical Islamic associations.

Another terrorist who was killed at the football stadium was found to have a Syrian passport in his possession. Three of the attackers were killed at the football stadium on Friday. The dead terrorist with the Syrian passport was determined to have entered Greece in October from war torn Syria and made his way to France.

President Hollande has declared three days of mourning and most of the French capital remains on lockdown, with French soldiers patrolling the streets. It is the first time in many decades that France has had to declare a state of emergency.