• French riot police (CRS), soldiers, firefighters, French red cross members and staff of the emergency medical services in France (SAMU) stand at the scene in Saint-Denis, France. Benoit Tessier / Reuters
    French riot police (CRS), soldiers, firefighters, French red cross members and staff of the emergency medical services in France (SAMU) stand at the scene in Saint-Denis, France. Benoit Tessier / Reuters
  • A police officer checks identity documents to enter the perimeter of the Elysee Palace, or presidential residence, in Paris. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that SWAT teams have arrested three people in an apartment in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, where police are in a standoff with suspects from last week’s Paris attacks. Jacques Brinon / AP
    A police officer checks identity documents to enter the perimeter of the Elysee Palace, or presidential residence, in Paris. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that SWAT teams have arrested three people in an apartment in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, where police are in a standoff with suspects from last week’s Paris attacks. Jacques Brinon / AP
  • Police forces operate in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris on Wednesday. Authorities in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis are telling residents to stay inside during a large police operation near France’s national stadium that two officials say is linked to last week’s deadly attacks. Francois Mori / AP
    Police forces operate in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris on Wednesday. Authorities in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis are telling residents to stay inside during a large police operation near France’s national stadium that two officials say is linked to last week’s deadly attacks. Francois Mori / AP
  • Police say two suspects in last week’s Paris attacks, a man and a woman, have been killed in a police operation north of Paris. Two police officers have been injured in the standoff. Police have said the operation is targeting the suspected mastermind of last week’s attacks, believed to be holed up in an apartment in Saint-Denis with several other heavily armed suspects. Francois Mori / AP
    Police say two suspects in last week’s Paris attacks, a man and a woman, have been killed in a police operation north of Paris. Two police officers have been injured in the standoff. Police have said the operation is targeting the suspected mastermind of last week’s attacks, believed to be holed up in an apartment in Saint-Denis with several other heavily armed suspects. Francois Mori / AP
  • A resident is being searched by police officers in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis. Explosions and gunfire rang out early Wednesday as heavily armed police surrounded a suburban Paris apartment in a raid targeting the suspected mastermind of last week’s Paris attacks. Peter Dejong / AP
    A resident is being searched by police officers in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis. Explosions and gunfire rang out early Wednesday as heavily armed police surrounded a suburban Paris apartment in a raid targeting the suspected mastermind of last week’s Paris attacks. Peter Dejong / AP
  • Police forces prepare in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris on Wednesday. Authorities in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis are telling residents to stay inside during a large police operation near France’s national stadium that two officials say is linked to last week’s deadly attacks. Francois Mori / AP
    Police forces prepare in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris on Wednesday. Authorities in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis are telling residents to stay inside during a large police operation near France’s national stadium that two officials say is linked to last week’s deadly attacks. Francois Mori / AP
  • Policemen stand guard guard in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis city centre, as French Police special forces raid an appartment, hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the French capital five days ago. Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP
    Policemen stand guard guard in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis city centre, as French Police special forces raid an appartment, hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the French capital five days ago. Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP
  • A police elite squad van arrives in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. Explosions and gunfire rang out early Wednesday as heavily armed police surrounded a suburban Paris apartment in a raid targeting the suspected mastermind of last week’s Paris attacks. Francois Mori / AP
    A police elite squad van arrives in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. Explosions and gunfire rang out early Wednesday as heavily armed police surrounded a suburban Paris apartment in a raid targeting the suspected mastermind of last week’s Paris attacks. Francois Mori / AP
  • French soldiers secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis, France, near Paris, during an operation to catch fugitives from Friday night’s deadly attacks in the French capital. Jacky Naegelen / Reuters
    French soldiers secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis, France, near Paris, during an operation to catch fugitives from Friday night’s deadly attacks in the French capital. Jacky Naegelen / Reuters
  • A French soldier checks the identity papers of a man in the area where shots were exchanged in Saint-Denis, France. Jacky Naegelen / Reuters
    A French soldier checks the identity papers of a man in the area where shots were exchanged in Saint-Denis, France. Jacky Naegelen / Reuters
  • French army soldiers stand in position in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, as French Police special forces raid an appartment, hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the French capital five days ago. Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP
    French army soldiers stand in position in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, as French Police special forces raid an appartment, hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the French capital five days ago. Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP
  • An area was cordoned off in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, close to the Stade de France, which was one of targets of suicide bombers in the coordinated attacks last week. According to reports, two people were dead and several police officers were injured. Yoan Valat / EPA
    An area was cordoned off in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, close to the Stade de France, which was one of targets of suicide bombers in the coordinated attacks last week. According to reports, two people were dead and several police officers were injured. Yoan Valat / EPA
  • A person looks through a window after gunshots were heard as police raided during an operation in the city centre of Saint-Denis, near Paris. Yoan Valat / EPA
    A person looks through a window after gunshots were heard as police raided during an operation in the city centre of Saint-Denis, near Paris. Yoan Valat / EPA
  • Police forces prepare in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris on Wednesday. Christophe Ena / AP
    Police forces prepare in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris on Wednesday. Christophe Ena / AP
  • Shooting broke out in northern Paris during a dawn raid by police hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the French capital five days ago, sources said. Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP
    Shooting broke out in northern Paris during a dawn raid by police hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the French capital five days ago, sources said. Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP

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Terror suspects killed in Paris police raid - in pictures

Mark Asquith

November 18, 2015

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At least two suspects – including a woman wearing an explosive suicide vest who blew herself up – died early Wednesday morning as heavily armed police surrounded a suburban Paris apartment in a raid targeting the suspected mastermind of last week’s Paris attacks.

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