French prosecutors have confirmed that the
Islamic State jihadist suspected of orchestrating
the Paris attacks was killed in a major police raid.
Abdel-hamid Abaa-oud, a Belgian of Moroccan origin, was linked to a series of extremist plots in Europe over the past two years. "No doubt that Abdelhamid Abaaoud met a brutal death. His body was so riddled with bullets and shrapnel that forensics could only identify him through his fingerprints. And of course some 5,000 rounds of ammunition were used in that raid yesterday," CCTV reporter Dan Williams said. "Now the French interior minister has been having his say on the raid and having his say on the identification that Abaaoud had indeed been killed in that raid. He says that there is no doubt Abaaoud played a key role in the horrors of a week ago." "He says more of that will come out as the investigation continues. And he also says that this not the first time Abaaoud had planned terror attacks in France." "Of the six attacks prevented on French soil intelligent services since spring of 2015, Abdelhamid Abaaoud appears to be involved in four of them," said Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister.
Abdel-hamid Abaa-oud, a Belgian of Moroccan origin, was linked to a series of extremist plots in Europe over the past two years. "No doubt that Abdelhamid Abaaoud met a brutal death. His body was so riddled with bullets and shrapnel that forensics could only identify him through his fingerprints. And of course some 5,000 rounds of ammunition were used in that raid yesterday," CCTV reporter Dan Williams said. "Now the French interior minister has been having his say on the raid and having his say on the identification that Abaaoud had indeed been killed in that raid. He says that there is no doubt Abaaoud played a key role in the horrors of a week ago." "He says more of that will come out as the investigation continues. And he also says that this not the first time Abaaoud had planned terror attacks in France." "Of the six attacks prevented on French soil intelligent services since spring of 2015, Abdelhamid Abaaoud appears to be involved in four of them," said Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister.
