Intelligence Officials: Suspected Ringleader Of The Paris Attacks Was Killed In A Predawn Raid By French Commandos

Washington Post: Suspected architect of Paris attacks is dead, according to two senior intelligence officials

PARIS — The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was killed Wednesday in a massive predawn raid by French police commandos, two senior European intelligence officials said, after investigators followed leads that the fugitive militant was holed up north of the French capital and could be plotting another wave of violence.

More than 100 police officers and soldiers stormed an apartment building in the suburb of Saint-Denis during a seven-hour siege that left at least two dead, including the suspected overseer of the Paris bloodshed, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, officials said. Abaaoud, a Belgian extremist, had once boasted that he could slip easily between Europe and strongholds of the Islamic State militant group in Syria.

Update: Fate of Paris attacks 'mastermind' unknown after massive raid (AFP)

WNU Editor: No one has officially confirmed that the ring-leader Abdelhamid Abaaoud has been killed. But the rumours are now starting to fly.