Two people linked to the attacks of November 13 are dead and seven others were arrested during the attack launched at dawn Wednesday, November 18 against an apartment located in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis). The anti-terrorist operation conducted by the Anti-Terrorism Sub-Directorate of the Judicial Police, the RAID and the BIS (Research and Intervention Brigade), was the alleged organizer of the attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. But for now there is no evidence confirms that he was actually at the scene of the assault.
The assault began at 4 am 20, a statement of the public prosecutor of Paris, it is now finished and security operations are still ongoing, according to police sources Agence France-Presse. The prosecutor said at midday the place of the assault.
Two dead and seven arrests
Initially, the police have arrested three men who were holed up in the apartment. A woman present in the apartment then "activated his explosive vest (..) and died." We still do not know his identity. Finally, a second terrorist was killed, hit by bullets and grenades launched by the security forces.
Four other people were arrested near the apartment: two who were trying to hide in the rubble, a man who had provided shelter to terrorists and an acquaintance. Five police officers were slightly injured RAID, police said on Twitter.
The public prosecutor of Paris, Francois Molins, said:
"It is in the impossible position to give you the identities of those arrested are being checked. "
Before the assault of Saint-Denis, police were first put on the trail of a base in Alfortville through a phone found in a bin near the Bataclan. In the phone, the SMS sent Friday, November 13 to 21 h 42: "We left one begins." Research into geolocation said telephone said that the owner had happened in this town of Val-de-Marne before the attacks.
Read also: Who is Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged sponsor of targeted attacks by the RAID in Saint-Denis?
Schools closed
The mayor of Saint-Denis advised his people Wednesday to stay home and do not circulate in the area bounded by the police, around the street of Corbillon. Many establishments in Saint-Denis are closed until further notice: the IUT, the higher school of the teaching and education, information and referral center and the college application of ENNA (National Normal School learning). The city of Saint-Denis released the list of schools closed on his Twitter account. The Elsa-Triolet colleges and Pierre-de-Geyter are also closed until further notice.
The University Paris-VIII, in the north of the city, said social media had not received closure request, but recommended its students, teachers and staff not to come.
Furthermore, traffic is disrupted on secondary road 27, the D29, the National 1 and N301, the Prefecture is advising motorists to avoid "largely" Saint-Denis. For now, traffic is stopped on the line 13 between Saint-Denis-terminus University and Carrefour Pleyel station, and the last three stations are closed to the public. Many bus lines are also closed until further notice.
