A female terrorist wearing a suicide vest has blown herself up and another jihadi is dead as more than 100 police and soldiers were today involved in a gunfight with up to six suspected Paris terrorists including the mastermind behind Friday's massacres.
A bloodied and half naked suspect was seen dragged through broken glass as SWAT teams and special forces surrounded an apartment in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis - close to the Stade de France - in a siege that started at 4.30am this morning. French media are reporting the architect of the plan that killed 129 people, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, is alive and inside the flat - until now it was thought he was in Syria orchestrating the Paris attacks from ISIS capital Raqqa.
A woman who may be Abaaoud's jihadi bride is said to have fired her AK-47 at police before blowing herself up as an assault squad stormed the apartment block. Survivors of the Bataclan massacre where 89 people died insisted there was a female shooter.
As she tried to kill police this morning a rooftop sniper shot dead another terror suspect through a window. Police have confirmed that three people in the apartment were taken alive and arrested while two others were held 'nearby' with security forces still trying to 'neutralise' more holed-up in the flat.
An innocent person on the street may have been killed in the crossfire and at least five police have been injured in the ferocious gunfight. The terrorists also shot and killed a police dog.
One of the nine suspected massacre shooters Salah Abdeslam, 26, who has been subject to an international manhunt focussed on Belgium, may also be inside. Teams of armed police appeared on a street outside the Saint-Denis flat before dawn today and then at least three trucks of soldiers and special forces arrived as back up. Witnesses told MailOnline there have been periods of intense machine gun fire and at least seven large explosions, caused by the suicide bomber and possibly hand grenades, as the siege continues. There are no hostages involved.
Wanted men: It has been reported the target of the police siege in Saint-Denis is Abdelhamid Abaaoud (left), thought to be the mastermind behind the Paris attacks and Salah Abdeslam (right), who has been on the run since Friday's attacks and may also be inside
Source: Mail Online
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Posted: at 18-11-2015 11:18 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
realbamdex at 18-11-2015 11:45 AM (9 years ago) (m)
See better police..20naira end time police is what we have here in nigeria.
Posted: at 18-11-2015 11:45 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
I trust oyibo, they won't waste time to get d terrorist. No be my country naija wey na d leaders say na homicide d army dey commit. Instead of their leaders up north to help d military to wife dis insurgents out of their region. They are hoarding and sponsoring them instead. Well done France.
Posted: at 18-11-2015 12:52 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
ngfineface at 18-11-2015 04:05 PM (9 years ago) (f)
At least three trucks of soldiers and special forces arrived as back up. Imagine! When we neva fit get one solid police man talkless of backup. Brave to France
Posted: at 18-11-2015 04:05 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
sugarwealth at 18-11-2015 05:24 PM (9 years ago) (f)
It's not even their military, it is police. Meanwhile in naija, robbers go dey rob for agege, building to building for hours and u call police they will never come, until after the robbers have left. They will now come and arrest the victims of the robbery.
Posted: at 18-11-2015 05:24 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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