While we were sleeping, anti-terror police officers raided an apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis, reportedly searching for suspected Paris attack mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
The raid resulted in two terrorists killed — including a female who blew herself up with a suicide vest — and seven others arrested. 5 police officers were wounded in the raid and a police dog was killed:
French prosecutors say telephone surveillance & witness statements led them to #SaintDenis apartment in hunt for Abdelhamid Abaaoud @abcnews
— Melissa Clarke (@Clarke_Melissa) November 18, 2015
Local French media citing police sources say the female suicide bomber who blew herself up in #SaintDenis this morning is Abaaoud's cousin
— Julia Macfarlane (@juliamacfarlane) November 18, 2015
#SaintDenis UPDATE:
7 people arrested
2 terrorists killed (1 female suicide bomber)
5 Police officers from RAID
1 Police dog dead— Alcides Segui (@Alcidessegui_) November 18, 2015
2 dead, 7 arrested in #SaintDenis standoff, including female homicide bomber. @GregPalkot reportshttps://t.co/o0bM5Lv2Rh
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) November 18, 2015
Paris raid over, seven arrested and at least two killed #SaintDenis pic.twitter.com/FmAenXD0tX
— AFP news agency (@AFP) November 18, 2015
7-year-old police dog Diesel "killed by terrorists" in #SaintDenis siege, police say https://t.co/59GqgnQKCu pic.twitter.com/1ihHNCJ0pS
— TODAY (@TODAYonline) November 18, 2015
You can hear gunfire in this amateur video of the raid:
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First images of #SaintDenis shoot-out https://t.co/UvqL0hKqTg
Ongoing live: https://t.co/qejttv801Ghttps://t.co/LLki0BXA9U
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) November 18, 2015
Police are right now searching a nearby church for a “weapons cache”:
Stash of weapons 'may be hidden in Church' #SaintDenis https://t.co/05efWpt7Fk
— The Independent (@Independent) November 18, 2015
Police storm a church in Saint Denis after declaring end of operations. #SaintDenis #Paris pic.twitter.com/ZyTaFGNwhk
— Joseph Fumusa (@viseph) November 18, 2015
https://twitter.com/GASP_Hollywood/status/666937113326305280
https://twitter.com/RavenHUWolf/status/666936787848306689
Police in #SaintDenis hammering down the door of a church near site of this morning raid. Video from @gregstweet pic.twitter.com/RiRshOFkux
— Mashable News (@MashableNews) November 18, 2015
Editor’s note: An additional tweet was added to this post.
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