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  #1 meenatanwar on 20 Nov 15

   

  PARIS - The
  suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was killed Wednesday in a
  massive pre-dawn raid by French police commandos, two senior European
  officials said, after investigators followed leads that the fugitive
  Islamic State militant was holed up north of the French capital and
  could be plotting another wave of violence.

  
  

  More than 100 police officers and soldiers stormed an apartment
  building in Saint-Denis, a bustling suburb home to many immigrants,
  during a seven-hour siege that left at least two people dead, officials
  said. The dead ­included the suspected overseer of the Paris bloodshed,
  Abdel­hamid Abaaoud, according to the two senior European officials.
  Abaaoud, a Belgian extremist, had once boasted that he could slip easily
  between Europe and strongholds of the Islamic State militant group in
  Syria.

  
  

  Paris prosecutor François Molins, speaking to reporters hours after
  the siege, said he could not provide the identities of the people killed
  at the scene. A French security official declined to confirm or deny
  that Abaaoud had died. U.S. officials said they were awaiting
  confirmation of the identities of those slain.

  
  

  The two European officials from different countries, who have
  followed the case closely, said they had received the information about
  Abaaoud's death from French authorities. The two officials spoke on the
  condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.

  
  It was not immediately clear how Abaaoud died - whether in police
  gunfire, by his own hand or in a suicide blast triggered by a woman in
  the apartment.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"><p>PARIS - The <br /> suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was killed Wednesday in a <br /> massive pre-dawn raid by French police commandos, two senior European <br /> officials said, after investigators followed leads that the fugitive <br /> Islamic State militant was holed up north of the French capital and <br /> could be plotting another wave of violence.</p> <br /> <p>More than 100 police officers and soldiers stormed an apartment <br /> building in Saint-Denis, a bustling suburb home to many immigrants, <br /> during a seven-hour siege that left at least two people dead, officials <br /> said. The dead ­included the suspected overseer of the Paris bloodshed, <br /> Abdel­hamid Abaaoud, according to the two senior European officials. <br /> Abaaoud, a Belgian extremist, had once boasted that he could slip easily <br /> between Europe and strongholds of the Islamic State militant group in <br /> Syria.</p> <br /> <p>Paris prosecutor François Molins, speaking to reporters hours after <br /> the siege, said he could not provide the identities of the people killed <br /> at the scene. A French security official declined to confirm or deny <br /> that Abaaoud had died. U.S. officials said they were awaiting <br /> confirmation of the identities of those slain.</p> <br /> <p>The two European officials from different countries, who have <br /> followed the case closely, said they had received the information about <br /> Abaaoud's death from French authorities. The two officials spoke on the <br /> condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters.</p> <br /> It was not immediately clear how Abaaoud died - whether in police <br /> gunfire, by his own hand or in a suicide blast triggered by a woman in <br /> the apartment.</div>

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