In the latest developments in the critical Paris attacks that seemed to be a ‘blot’ on humanity, the suspected ringleader or the mastermind of the attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was among those killed in a French police raid that happened on Wednesday, prosecutors state.
They confirmed that the Islamic State (IS) militant had died in a flat in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis. His body was found to be ‘riddled’ severely with bullets and shrapnel in the apartment.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve stated that he had received intelligence that Abaaoud had passed through Greece on his return from Syria.
However, ambiguity remains on whether the Belgian had concealed himself among the thousands of migrants arriving in Greece before heading for other European Union states.
Friday’s brutal attacks in the French capital left around 129 people dead and several more injured. One of the other attackers, who blew himself up outside the ‘Stade de France’, was traced to Greece by his fingerprints, where he was registered and told as a migrant.
In other key and noteworthy developments-
France presented a draft resolution at the United Nations conference, calling for global support in the fight against the ISIS people who were arrested in Belgium after searches linked to the Paris attacks. New simultaneous searches were also carried out in France. President Francois Hollande has ordered an “intensification” of air strikes on IS targets in Iraq as well as Syria. Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned that the country could face chemical or biological attack from terror groups.
The French Parliament has extended the state of emergency from 26 November to three months upwards.
Source: BBC
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