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19th Nov 2015

CONFIRMED: The suspected leader of the Paris attacks has been killed in the police siege

Abdelhamid Abaaoud

Colm Boohig

Abdelhamid Abaaoud has been killed.

The suspected leader of the Paris attacks was killed in this week’s police raid at the St. Denis apartment block.

Abdelhamid Abaaoud is believed to have been the main perpetrator behind the massacre in the French capital last Friday, which killed 129 people and injured a further 368 individuals.

French prosecutors have released a statement confirming his death.

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