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Paris attacks: Heavy shooting heard in northern suburb | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Heavy shooting has been heard in the northern Paris suburb of Saint Denis and reports say a police operation linked to last Friday's attacks is under way there. | |
Some police have been wounded, French TV station BFMTV reported. | |
Earlier, security sources said surveillance video showed a possible ninth assailant during Friday's attacks in which 129 people died. | |
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group has said it carried out the attacks. | |
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One report said roads had been blocked off around Place Jean Jaures in Saint Denis. | |
The Stade de France, where suicide attackers detonated bombs on Friday, is in the same district. | |
Amateur video aired by TV stations BFMTV and iTele cited witnesses saying sporadic gunfire had rung out since around 04:30 local time (03:30 GMT). | |
Deputy Mayor Stephane Peu urged local residents to stay indoors, saying "it is not a new attack but a police intervention". | |
Friday's attacks also left more than 400 people wounded, with 221 still in hospital, 57 of them in intensive care. |