Suspected mastermind of Paris carnage killed in Saint-Denis police raid
The alleged sponsor and mastermind of the November 13 massacre in Paris, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was killed in a Wednesday raid by French forces in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis, a media report suggests.
Abaaoud, who was the primary target of the special operation was killed, the Washington Post reported, citing two senior European intelligence officials.
The police raid in Saint-Denis eliminated a “terrorist team planning new attacks,” Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters on Wednesday evening. The identities of the two people killed in the raid are yet to be determined, he added.
Overall eight people were arrested during the siege and detained for questioning, the prosecutor said, stressing that Abaaoud was not among them.
According to another report, only body parts were found at the scene of the raid. French teams were forced to use powerful munitions in the operation and one of the female terrorists allegedly blew herself up during the raid, causing an entire floor of the building to collapse, CNN reported, citing a Belgian counterterrorism official. Investigators will have to use DNA analysis to determine whether Abaaoud was killed, the source added.
INC News, 18/11/2015 - via RT
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