FREEDOM FORCE: Police Kill Mastermind Behind Paris Attacks in Raid

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Jonah Bennett

 

French officials have confirmed a police raid Wednesday resulted in the death of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who is the suspected mastermind behind the Paris attacks last Friday. 

After receiving intelligence on Abaaoud’s whereabouts, police conducted a seven-hour-long raid on an apartment building in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis in France. This suburb is home to a large immigrant population. In total, the SWAT teams fired 5,000 rounds, resulting in two dead, The Wall Street Journal reports. Helicopters flew overhead. Drones and robots conducted surveillance. Sharpshooters were posted on buildings. 

Abaaoud, 28, was one of the two terrorists killed in the firefight. He is suspected of coordinating the Paris attacks, which led to 129 deaths.

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