Two terror suspects, including a woman wearing a suicide belt, were killed in Saint Denis raid on Wednesday. One policeman and one civilian also succumbed to bullet injuries, reports said.
Police said a woman has been killed in the operation.Seven explosions and fresh gunshots were heard at the site of standoff between heavily armed French police and gunmen in the Saint Denis area of northern Paris early on Wednesday.
Two terror suspects, including a woman wearing a suicide belt, were killed in Saint Denis raid, Radio station Europe-1 reported. The lady suicide bomber blew herself up after being surrounded by French policemen. One policeman and one civilian also succumbed to bullet injuries, reports said. Paris police confirmed that a number of officers were injured and they arrested five terror suspects during the operation in the city's north. Gun battle is going on as cops suspect one terrorist is still hiding inside the building.
Special police forces on Wednesday launched an operation to catch one of the suspects from Friday night's shooting in Paris. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a coordinated onslaught in Paris on Friday. Keeping an eye on the situation, the French goverment declared that schools and colleges in center of Saint Denis will stay closed for the day.
A senior police official said he believed Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian Islamic State militant, was inside the apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis with five other heavily armed people. Abaaoud, suspected Paris attack mastermind, had escaped police raid in Molenbeek, Belgium in January.
Europe's most wanted terrorist Salah Abdeslam, suspected 9th attacker, is reported to be hiding in the apartment. Abdeslam was last seen crossing the French border to Belgium in the company of two other men early on Saturday morning.The site is less than two kilometers (just over a mile) from the Stade de France stadium, which was targeted by three suicide bombers during Friday's attacks. Read more here.