France Confirms Man who Mastermind Paris Attacks, Killed...(Details)


 
                  Abdelhamid Abaaoud
     
The suspect mastermind of last week's Paris attacks was killed in the police raid of an apartment north of the capital, French officials said today.The 28-year-old Belgian militant, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who had boasted of mounting attacks in Europe for the Islamic State, was accused of orchestrating last Friday's coordinated bombings and shootings in the French capital, which killed 129 people.
"It was his body we discovered in the building, riddled with bullets," a statement from the Paris prosecutor said, a day after the pre-dawn raid. The prosecutor later added that it was unclear whether Abaaoud had detonated a suicide belt.
Early on Wednesday morning, investigations led police to the house where Abaaoud was holed up in the Paris suburb of St. Denis. Heavily armed officers stormed the building before dawn, triggering a massive firefight and multiple explosions.
Officials had said on Wednesday that two people were killed in the raid, including a female suicide bomber who blew herself up. Forensic scientists were trying to determine whether a third person had died. Eight people were arrested.

Source: Reuters