The sudden police raid at St. Denis towards the north of Paris on Wednesday is believed to have stopped another series of attacks on Paris planned by the ISIS group.

A woman blew herself with a suicide bomb vest in the raid, which aimed at capturing the suspects in the deadly Paris attacks on Nov. 13.

According to the latest revelations by the police, the ISIS group was allegedly planning further attacks on the capital of France. This time, they were targeting the shopping mall located at the business district of the city and another one at the Charles de Gaulle airport. But the police raid put a stop to their plans by attacking the suspects.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins revealed that witness statements, telephone excerpts and other evidence were studied and then the decision on raiding the apartment at St. Denis was taken. Outside the Bataclan theatre, a mobile phone recovered from a bin contained a final message, saying, “We’re off, we’ve started.” The details about the recipient are still unknown. It is alleged that the phone belonged to Hasna Aitboulahcen, believed to be Paris attack mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud’s cousin.

During the raid, the three units of special forces and army officials created a perimeter as around 130 IS militants fired back, including a woman who blew herself with a bomb vest. However, it was supposed that Abaaoud has also been killed in the raid firing, but the DNA results are awaited for confirmation. Two other people hiding from the officials were arrested along with one slightly wounded.

Until the raid came to an end, around eight people were already arrested, including the flat owner and his girlfriend. One of the suspected militants was naked below his waist, which was being assumed as per order from higher authorities to be stripped in case he wore a bomb belt.

Three coordinated units of a minimum of eight members took part in executing the terrorised Paris attacks, killing 129 people and leaving several severely injured. The attackers targeted six crowded places for the mishap, which included the Bataclan theatre, restaurants and cafes and a football stadium where a match between Germany and France was already taking place.

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