http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris-terror-attacks/gunfire-heard-police-operation-near-paris-n465331


SAINT-DENIS, France — French police hunting the suspected ringleader behind the Paris massacre raided another terrorist cell Wednesday which was plotting a fresh strike --- but it was not immediately clear if they got their man.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said at least two suspected terrorists -- a man and a woman -- were slain, and eight more were arrested in the early morning raid on an apartment in the suburb of Saint-Denis.

Neither Belgian jihadi Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who is believed to have played a key planning role in the assault on Paris, nor fugitive attacker Salah Abdeslam are among those who were arrested, the prosecutor said.

Molins said the dead "have not been formally identified."

"I can say Abaaoud and Salah A. are not among those in custody," the prosecutor said.

NBC News could not immediately confirm a report in The Washington Post saying Abaaoud had been killed in the raid.

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The elite police unit pursuing Abaaoud was met with fierce resistance. The female terrorist blew herself up during the dramatic hours-long battle, in which police fired some 5,000 rounds.

Five police officers were injured and a police dog named Diesel was killed. Molins did not say whether some attackers might still be on the loose, and he gave no details on what other mayhem the terrorists were planning.

PHOTOS: Police Target Paris Attack Suspects in Saint-Denis Raid

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told the French national assembly that it was possible there was a third body from the raid, and that investigations — "including DNA analysis" — were still underway.

"It's possible that Abdelhamid Abaaoud was in the apartment this morning," Cazeneuve's spokesman Pierre Henry Brandet told local media.

Heavy gunfire was heard for several hours beginning around 4:30 a.m. local time (10:30 p.m. ET Tuesday) in the northern district of Saint-Denis.

This post was edited by josh2234 on Nov 18 2015 05:34pm

Rip diesel

Good job frenchies for cracking on radicals

5 k rounds.... sounds like a war-zone almost..

the woman that blow herself was a cousin of that Abaaoud and Salah A, this assault dured several hours and they blocked the whole block

that kind of conclusion is weak

Yeah, because 5 thousand rounds of gun fire going off between Islamic extremists and the state police of the host country is a common thing.....

ofc it's uncommon and war weapons were used for hours, rip Diesel

Rip diesel

This post was edited by IgoSoHard on Nov 18 2015 07:10pm

France is taking in 30k more refugees LOL

If they aren't from Belgium they're probably pretty safe.