PARIS — The Belgian jihadi suspected of being the ringleader of the Paris terrorist attacks was killed during a raid on a suburban apartment, officials said Thursday.
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Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, died during Wednesday's operation in Saint-Denis, according to the Paris prosecutor's office. He was identified by his fingerprints. His body was riddled with bullets, according to officials.Abaaoud died along with a woman who blew herself up with a suicide belt when elite police forces stormed the scene. Eight other people were arrested.
In addition to being the suspected ringleader of Friday's coordinated assaults, he had been linked to the thwarted attacks on a paris-bound high-speed train and a church near the French capital earlier this year.
Abaaoud boasted in ISIS propaganda about avoiding capture and claimed he had been able to travel between Europe and Syria without being noticed.
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