Two die in police raid targeting suspected Paris attack mastermind

Police sealed out Saint-Denis in France. Photo credit: AP
Police sealed out Saint-Denis in France. Photo credit: AP

A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and another militant died on Wednesday when police raided an apartment in the Paris suburb of St. Denis seeking suspects in last week’s attacks in the French capital.

Three sources told Reuters the raid stopped a jihadist cell that had been planning an attack on Paris’s business district, La Defense, after coordinated bombings and shootings killed 129 across the city.

Officials said police had been hunting Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian Islamist militant accused of masterminding the Nov. 13 carnage, but more than nine hours after the launch of the pre-dawn raid it was still unclear if they had found him.

Seven people were arrested in the operation, which started with a barrage of gunfire, including three people who were pulled from the apartment, officials said.

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6 Comments

  1. November 18, 2015

    Find them. kill them, arrest them wherever they are. This is the way we deal with our local terrorist like those in Salisbury who dared to defy the power of our precious Supreme Leader. Smoke them out of their holes and bring the full brunt of the law down on their heads. It’s the only way. NEVER negotiate with terrorists!

    • November 18, 2015

      One terrorist killed herself.

      It seems one terrorist was killed by police possibly in self defence or to stop him from escaping.

      The terrorists killed 29 innocent people. Had thy not been stopped they would have killed more.

      I take no pleasure in anyone being killed. Unfortunately sometimes it is necessary to stop evil people from taking innocent lives which is even worse. The police know this. Those who serve in the military know this. When it comes to the war against Isis I believe every means and method should be used to stop them dead in their tracks to save innocent lives.

      God has given us the right to take up arms when necessary to protect ourselves and our families. Nations have a right to protect their borders. If we are wise we will get them first before they come to us.

      Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. Evangelist.

      • November 18, 2015

        :oops: Sorry! That should have been 129 people.

        Sincerely, Rev. Don Hill.

      • November 18, 2015

        :oops: Sorry! That should have been 129 people.

        Sincerely, Rev. Don Hill

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        November 19, 2015

        Mr. Hill the woman who detonated the bomb she had strapped to her body is the cousin of the mastermind behind all of this terror, he was also executed by a police sniper in the raid.

        These fanatics, are so wicked, they even strap on bombs in their very own young children body, and sends them in a crowds of people to blow themselves up in bits simply to kill innocent men women, and children.

        They say Allah means God, but I do not believe that the God Jehovah and Jesus Christ has anything to do with their madness!

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      November 19, 2015

      You are one sick specimen, I do not know what Skerrit is going to do with you!

      that is the way you all should treat the terrorists some of them lawyer who firebomb Gong Emanuel house, and those who murdered two relatives.

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