The latest evidence in the investigation indicates that the attacks formed part of a wider conspiracy and that those responsible were primarily young Europeans.
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| French police fired 5,000 bullets during a ferocious 7-hour kill or capture operation |
Source/Credit: Just Security / News Roundup Notes
By Nadia O'Mara | November 19, 2015
The Paris prosecutor has today confirmed that one of the two people killed in Wednesday morning's massive raid on an apartment in St-Denis was the alleged mastermind behind Friday's attacks, Belgian national Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud. [BBC]
The second person killed in the raid was a woman thought to be a cousin of Abu Oud who blew herself up with an explosive belt during the raid, BBC reports.
French police went through over 5,000 rounds of ammunition during the raid which lasted several hours yesterday morning. [Wall Street Journal’s Inti Landauro and William Horobin]
Suspected attacker Salah Abdeslam was not among those arrested by French authorities following the raid, Paris prosecutor François Molins confirmed. [New York Times’ Lilia Blaise et al]
The latest evidence in the investigation indicates that the attacks formed part of a wider conspiracy and that those responsible were primarily young Europeans. Julian Borger provides the details at the Guardian.
Six raids have been launched by Belgian authorities in Brussels in connection to suicide bomber Bilal Hadfi. Targets of the raids include Molenbeek suburb. [AP]
Belgium has promised a security crackdown and extra funding for the fight against ISIS today, while rejecting criticisms of the country’s security services following the Paris attacks. [Reuters’ Robert Jan-Bartunek]
For live updates on the situation, check out the Guardian, the BBC and France 24.
Alleged mastermind Abu Oud was an “emir of war” in the eastern Deir Ezzour province of Syria, according to local activists and news reports. [Wall Street Journal’s David Gauthier-Villars et al]
https://www.justsecurity.org/27740/news-roundup-notes-november-19-2015/
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