That's the big question over the fate of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the Paris terrorist attacks, after heavily armed French police officers stormed an apartment building north of the city on Wednesday where they thought he might be
suspected Isis cell in Verviers in January. Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud, who was linked to thwarted attacks on a Paris-bound high-speed train in August, posed for this picture for Isis magazine earlier this year Photograph: Dabiq . He was among 32 people charged with running one of Belgium's largest jihadi recruitment networks, although many of the defendants – including Abaaoud – were tried in absentia and remain at large. He was also accused of kidnapping after
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, and his 26-year-old French-born cousin Hasna Aitboulahcen are believed to be the two terrorists who died in a gun and grenade battle which saw 5,000 rounds of ammunition fired by police. Officers were seen removing two bodies
French intelligence officials have named the alleged mastermind of a deadly string of suicide bombings and shootings in Paris as the Belgian extremist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, after French police made more than 20 arrests
French intelligence officials have named the alleged mastermind of a deadly string of suicide bombings and shootings in Paris as the Belgian extremist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, after French police made more than 20 arrests