Paris: Two dead, seven arrested in anti-terror raidhttp://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/203561Two terrorists were killed during an anti-terror police raid Wednesday in a Paris suburb, including a female suicide bomber who detonated herself.
The raid in Saint Denis began at about 4:30 am local time, and targeted Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the planner of the murderous Paris attacks Friday night, and Saleh Abdelslam. The apartment, at 8 rue du Corbillon, is just 2km from the Stade de France, one of the targets of Friday's attacks.
Special forces arrested four people after an extended standoff, and two others - a man and a woman - arrested close to the apartment, the French prosecutor's office said. Fifteen civilians have been evacuated from the complex.
In addition, the possible owner of the apartment was arrested. He told an AFP reporter moments before being arrested that he provided accommodation for two Belgians at the flat upon the request of a friend.
Both are Belgian citizens; hosting illegals is apparently common for the neighborhood, a BBC reporter writes, noting that a great deal of migrants live in Saint-Denis "sans papers."
Meanwhile, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office admitted Wednesday to Politico that they knew the Abdeslam brothers had been radicalized, and even interrogated Saleh upon his return from Syria, "but (he) showed so sign of possible threat."