Suspected architect of Paris attacks is dead, according to two senior intelligence officials
- 8 years ago
The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was killed Wednesday in a massive predawn raid by French police commandos, two senior European intelligence officials said, after investigators followed leads that the fugitive 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 the suburb of Saint-Denis during a seven-hour siege that left at least two dead, including the suspected overseer of the Paris bloodshed, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, officials said.
Molins said a discarded cellphone helped identify safe houses used by attackers to plan Friday's coordinated assaults, which killed 129 people and wounded more than 350 across Paris.
The raid on the apartment buildingappeared to be linked in part to plans to stage a follow-up terrorist attack in the La Defense business district, about 10 miles away, two police officials and an investigator close to the investigation said.
More than 100 police officers and soldiers stormed an apartment building in the suburb of Saint-Denis during a seven-hour siege that left at least two dead, including the suspected overseer of the Paris bloodshed, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, officials said.
Molins said a discarded cellphone helped identify safe houses used by attackers to plan Friday's coordinated assaults, which killed 129 people and wounded more than 350 across Paris.
The raid on the apartment buildingappeared to be linked in part to plans to stage a follow-up terrorist attack in the La Defense business district, about 10 miles away, two police officials and an investigator close to the investigation said.