Heavily-armed French police are conducting raids where the Paris attacks mastermind is believed holed up in the suburb of Saint-Denis. A Woman with a suicide bomb vest blew herself up. One man was also killed, and five arrested.
Five terror suspects were arrested and two terror suspects were killed pre-dawn Wednesday morning. A female terrorist wearing a suicide vest blew herself up after police launched a raid targeting the alleged mastermind of last Friday’s massacre in Paris.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 27-year-old Belgian ISIS militant, was believed to be inside the apartment with five other heavily armed people. Police stormed the apartment building and were met with unexpected violent resistance. At least four police officers were injured during the raid. A 7-year-old Belgian Malinois police dog named “Diesel” was killed during the confrontation. While approaching danger, Diesel may have been killed by a suicide vest or belt explosion that was detonated by a female terrorist.
Witnesses in the neighborhood reported that the first explosions were heard about 4:00 a.m. Local Time Paris. The explosions were followed by non-stop exchange of gunfire that lasted about one hour. At least seven explosions were reported by witnesses in the center of Saint-Denis.
This is Diesel. She is a 7-year-old police dog French police say was killed in today's raid. https://t.co/1tVD5fhO4e pic.twitter.com/TGpKTt3yKb
— CNN (@CNN) November 18, 2015
Police dog 'Diesel' killed in Saint-Denis police raid https://t.co/PVZ7Oo6V55 pic.twitter.com/xmEGkxA0uN
— ITV News (@itvnews) November 18, 2015
Police dog killed during #SaintDenis raid named as 7-year-old Belgian Malinois 'Diesel' https://t.co/RhdMJaySET
— IBTimes UK (@IBTimesUK) November 18, 2015
Bon c'est sur c'est une intervention de la police… rue barrée, officiers etc.. #SaintDenis pic.twitter.com/JSARgbaM9w
— Lunaticwolf (@Chelmih) November 18, 2015
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