Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian militant suspected of having orchestrated the Paris terrorist attacks was killed in a police raid in the northern Paris suburb of St.-Denis early Wednesday, the French authorities announced on Thursday.
The death of the plot’s alleged ringleader ended one chapter of the intense criminal investigation that began on Friday night, when three teams of terrorists, in a series of closely coordinated raids, killed 129 people.
But many questions remained unanswered: how Mr. Abbaoud planned and organized the attacks; whether the Islamic State is planning additional attacks outside of its stronghold in Syria and Iraq; and the identities of several of the attackers.
Also on Thursday, the Belgian police conducted their own sweep in Brussels on Thursday.
Seven raids are being conducted in Brussels in relation to Bilal Hadfi, one of the dead Paris attackers, a spokesman for the Belgian federal prosecutor said, adding that the houses of Mr. Hadfi’s friends and relatives were being searched. One person has been detained for questioning.
‘Help me, help me!’: Last words of the female suicide bomber before blowing herself up in Paris flat
The first female suicide bomber ever to operate in Europe shouted ‘Help me, help me!’ to police before blowing herself up today, according to the Daily Mail.
The blonde haired woman, named as Hasna Aitboulahcen, is said to be the cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged ISIS mastermind of the bloodbath in Paris on Friday in which 132 died.
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As police special forces accompanied by soldiers moved towards a flat in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of the French capital where Abaaoud was said to be holed up, she appeared at a window shortly after 6am.
It is believed that Abaaoud was also killed in the raid this morning, however French authorities have yet to confirm the death.
Kalashnikovs were being used against the security forces, but after an an hour and a half of furious exchanges, there was a lull in the fighting.
It was then that the woman looked down from a third floor apartment window and shouted ‘Help me! Help me!’
An eyewitness identified only as Christian, 20, told Le Parisien: “During a 10 or 15 minute lull in the shooting I heard a woman shouting: “Help, help, help me!”
“The police asked her to identify herself, and to show herself. She held her hands up but she didn’t reveal her face.
“She withdrew her hands out of sight, and then put them up again several times.
“They police shouted at her: ‘Keep your hands in the air!’ They told her: “We’re going to shoot.”
The shooting resumed. The police were firing from the roof of the building opposite. Suddenly there was an enormous explosion. It was probably the woman who blew herself up.
“The windows shattered. Lots of objects from the apartment were thrown into the street, pieces of human flesh as well. They are still there. You can see a bit of the head, of skin, of ribs.”
The female suicide bomber cried out ‘God is great’ in Arabic before detonating her explosives and killing herself for ISIS, MailOnline has learned.
“The woman terrorist cried out before she set off her bomb,” eye witness Yasmine told MailOnline.
Turkish football fans boo moment of silence for victims of Paris attacks Shouting Alla-u-Akbar
Turkish supporters attending an international football friendly against Greece on Nov. 17 refused to participate in a minute of silence following the recent jihadist attacks on France, choosing instead to boo the commemoration.
A section of the crowd at Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul’s Başakşehir district had first whistled during the playing of the Greek national anthem, prompting Turkish star Arda Turan to remonstrate with the crowd. Arda’s intervention, however, failed to stop the booing.
During the subsequent moment of silence, supporters also whistled their disapproval while a section of the crowed also reportedly shouted “Allah-u Akbar” and “Martyrs don’t die, the homeland will not be divided” – a common nationalist slogan.
“We’re staging a moment of silence for people that have died. Can’t we be patient for one minute? When we go abroad, we’re not able to explain this,” Turkish national team coach Fatih Terim said after the match. “It doesn’t reflect well on us at all.”
The match ended in a 0-0 draw.
The behavior in Başakşehir was in stark contrast to the scenes at London’s Wembley Stadium, where English and French fans both sang the Marseillaise before the match before studiously observing the minute of silence.
The booing ahead of the Greece game produced a reaction both at home and abroad.
One month ago, Turkish supporters in the Central Anatolian province of Konya also booed a minute of silence for the victims of the Oct. 10 Ankara Massacre, in which 100 peace activists were killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Source: hurriyetdailynews
PARIS Confirmation of the death of Lola Ouzounian in the attack at the Bataclan
Three days after the terrorist attacks that hit Paris, relatives of Lola Ouzounian formalized the death of this young girl of 17, who was at the Bataclan Friday, November 13 evening. Parisian schoolgirl, described as sweet and discreet, came to the concert of the Eagles of Death Metal with his father, journalist and professor at the ISCPA Eric Ouzounian, who survived.
It is the latter which confirmed the news on social networks, which have rallied in recent days to find her. Eric Ouzounian wrote: “Two senior police officers leave home and come to tell me with absolute certainty that the body was identified Lola. Let us remember that education, humanism, culture, are the best tools against barbarism. “
French Armenian teen missing since Paris attacks
The police are searching for French Armenian Lola Ouzounian, 17, who has gone missing ever since the terrorist attacks on November 13 in Paris.
Chairman of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France (CCAF), Mourad Papazian, told about the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
“Lola Ouzounian was in the Bataclan Theatre during the terrorism; she disappeared after that,” Papazian said. “They are searching for her for three days; there is no information at this time.”
And French Armenian Hilda Tchoboian, who is an MP of the Rhône-Alpes Region of France, told us that Lola was at Bataclan with her father.
“They lost each other during the attack,” Tchoboian added. “The father is saved, whereas the girl is still being searched for.”
Simultaneous terrorist attacks occurred on the evening of November 13, in different parts of the French capital city.
According to official data, these attacks claimed more than 130 lives, but the media report about over 150 casualties.
A state of emergency has been declared in France.
Bombings in Paris: Stepanakert (Nagorno Karabakh) lights candles of solidarity
The site reports that Artsakhpress.am Sunday, November 15 at the cultural center Charles Aznavour, the stele to the “Infinite” work Toros, the Armenians of Karabagh Republic High lit candles and laid flowers in memory of the victims the attacks in Paris.
The ceremony was initiated by professors from the State University of Artsakh (Karabagh) who wanted their students to express the pain of the Armenian people of Karabakh shared with French citizens. “We share the grief of the French and the candles that illuminate wish we express our support” entrusted Artsakhpress, Arthur Amirdjanian the president of University Student Committee of State Stepanakert. The Karabakh love France. France a friend.
Krikor Amirzayan
The Armenian parliament held a minute of silence in memory of those who perished in the terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut
Paris Attack Nice piece in the NY Times.
Nice piece in the NY Times.
“France epitomizes what religious fanatics hate: the enjoyment of life here on earth, a multitude of ways: a cup of coffee that smells, accompanied by a growing one morning; beautiful women in short dresses smiling freely in the streets; the smell of warm bread; a shared bottle of wine with friends, a few drops of perfume, children playing in the Luxembourg gardens, the right not to believe in God, do not worry about calories, flirting and smoking, and to the love outside marriage, taking a vacation, read any book, to go to school for free, to play, to laugh, to discuss, to make fun of the prelates as men and women politicians to put the anxieties later: after death. No country benefits both to life on earth than France. Paris, we love you. We weep for you. You are grieving tonight, and we are with you. We know you will laugh again and sing again, you’ll make love, and that you will be cured, because to love life is part of what you are. The forces of evil will decline. They will lose. She always lose. “
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Nice piece in the NY Times. pic.twitter.com/uo3WSYtJbp
— gareth whittaker (@GarethWhittaker) November 14, 2015
Armenia: Candlelight vigil in Yerevan in memory of #Paris attacks victims
YEREVAN. – Candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of Paris attacks has started in Yerevan’s France Square since 8:00 p.m. today.
The event is attended by a large number of citizens and dignitaries, as reported by Armenian News – NEWS.am correspondent.
Simultaneous terrorist attacks occurred Friday evening in six different parts of the French capital city.
The attacks claimed over 150 lives and injured numerous people.
From Moscow to LA, security measures tightened following Paris attacks
Security is being stepped up across the globe, with national governments holding emergency meetings to review security threats. Officials are asking the public to remain vigilant and not to panic following the devastating terror attacks in the French capital.
While France has declared state of emergency and closed its borders following a series of attacks in Paris, reportedly carried out by terrorists inspired by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), security measures have been reinforced by a number of other states. These include France’s neighbors in Europe, as well as countries such as Russia and the US.
Russia’s Anti-Terrorist Committee said the necessary measures are being taken “in light of the new threats.” “The entire national security network has been put on high alert,” the Committee said in a statement.
Russia’s Transportation Ministry “will take measures related to transportation security,” the ministry’s head Maksim Sokolov told journalists on Saturday. Security has been bolstered at all Moscow airports, a source familiar with the situation told Interfax; Russian Railways also announced additional steps to strengthen its security.
The UK is on a higher security alert, with security bolstered and additional checks introduced at international transport hubs. A number of key locations in British cities have also seen their security heightened, while the government is reviewing the current national threat level.
Officials fear the terror attacks are “not over yet,” the Telegraph reported, citing a British counter terrorism source. London was already on heightened alert for possible terrorist revenge attacks, after a notorious IS executioner known as Jihadi John was killed in a drone attack in Syria this week.
The Netherlands will tighten security at its borders, airports and railway stations, with all traffic to and from France to be closely monitored. Reuters cited Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte telling journalists on Saturday that the country is “at war” with IS.
“ISIS is our enemy. We are at war with ISIS. We are not at war with a country, a belief or with Islam,” Rutte said, adding, “Our values and our rule of law are stronger than their fanaticism.”
Security had also been reinforced in Italy, the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said. The risk of similar episodes should not be underestimated, Reuters cited Renzi as saying in a television address, with the minister adding that his country is standing by France, and that the attacks in Paris run counter to “all of humanity” and “our way of life.”
German authorities are analyzing the country’s threat level, DW reported. German security officials were in close contact with their French counterparts, as Germany “remains in the focus of international terrorism,” an Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.
Security is stepped up in the Austrian capital, Vienna, which is hosting an international meeting concerning the conflict in Syria. A French school was closed and city officials cancelled a popular Christmas market.
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