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Suicide attack committed during special operation in Paris (UPDATE 2)

Other News Materials 18 November 2015 11:33 (UTC +04:00)
A female suicide bomber blew herself up during the special operation carried out by the police in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.
Suicide attack committed during special operation in Paris (UPDATE 2)

Details added (first version posted on 11:03)

A female suicide bomber blew herself up during the special operation carried out by the police in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, RIA Novosti reported citing Agence France-Presse.

The police are now confirming two suspects are dead in the police operation - one woman blew herself up and another was shot by a police sniper, according to the report.

French police have launched a raid in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, in an operation to track down suspects of Nov.13 deadly attacks in the capital.

French media said the target of the operation was Belgian national Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a key suspect of Nov.13 attacks.

A series of terrorist attacks were committed in Paris Nov.13. Unidentified people opened fire at a restaurant and three explosions occurred in the vicinity of the Stade de France.

In addition, unknown people took hostages during a rock concert in the Bataclan theater.

As many as 129 people were killed as a result of these terrorist attacks, according to the latest data.

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