Paris attacks: Police in deadly swoop on apartment in northern suburb

Police forces in Saint-Denis, Paris, on 18 November 2015

Two people were killed as police carried out a seven-hour raid on a flat suspected of housing the alleged mastermind of Friday's attacks.

A woman blew herself up with a suicide belt and another suspect was killed by gunfire. Seven arrests were made.
But the fate of chief suspect Abdelhamid Abaaoud was not yet clear.
He was initially thought to have directed the attacks from Syria, but prosecutor Francois Molins said intelligence indicated he was in Paris.
The French government said on Wednesday it had finally identified all the 129 victims of last Friday's attack.

The prosecutor said a young woman - who France's BFMTV said was a relative of Abaaoud - detonated her explosives belt soon after the raid began.
Another suspect was killed by grenades and police bullets, Mr Molins said.
Three men were arrested in the apartment. Two others were found hiding in rubble and a further two - including the man who provided the lodging - were also detained, he said.
"It is impossible to tell you who was arrested. We are in the process of verifying that. Everything will be done to determine who is who," he said.

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