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Terror mastermind is cornered in Paris apartment by 100 armed police as ‘his wife’ blows herself up with suicide vest

A female terrorist wearing a suicide vest has blown herself up and another jihadi is dead as more than 100 police and soldiers were today involved in a gunfight with up to six suspected Paris terrorists including the mastermind behind Friday's massacres. SWAT teams and special forces have surrounded an apartment in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis - close to the Stade de France - in a siege that started at 4.30am this morning. French media are reporting the architect of the plan that killed 129 people, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, is alive and inside the flat - until now i

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What we know so far: Paris Massacre

Thibault Camus / AP Photo What we know so far: Terrorists killed at least 129 people in a series of apparently coordinated attacks across Paris involving gunfire and explosives. Seven assailants were killed, with some dying after detonating bombs, officials said Saturday. Earlier, officials said eight attackers had been killed. The terrorist attacks were an “act of war” by ISIS, French President François Hollande said. ISIS has claimed responsibility, releasing statements in both Arabic and French. (more…)

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3 of the French attackers have been identified as Syrian, Egyptian and 1 from Paris

Why is it that Dubai is now safer to travel too but places like Paris, London, USA are now troubling. One of the terrorists involved in last night's attacks in Paris has been officially identified as a Parisian, according to local media reports. The man, who was killed at the Bataclan, was identified using his fingerprints and was from the southern Parisian neighbourhood of Courcouronnes. French reports say that the man, who was around 30 years old, was already known to French anti-terrorist authorities prior to last night's attacks. (more…)