PARIS: Armed police have raided a flat in the north Paris suburb of Saint Denis in an operation linked to Friday’s attacks where mastermind of these attacks was killed with two other suspects.
According to international media, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged mastermind of the Islamic State-claimed attacks that killed 129 people, has been killed during search operation in Northern suburbs of Paris.
A woman blew herself up with a suicide belt, a prosecutor says. Some reports suggested two suspects died. Several explosions and gunfire were heard. The operation is said to be ongoing.
Five people have also been arrested.
A witness, Amine Guizani, told the Associated Press he heard the sounds of grenades and automatic gunfire.
“They were shooting for an hour, non-stop. There were grenades. It was going, stopping, Kalashnikovs, Starting again,” he said.
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