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| Paris attacks: suspected mastermind Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud was target of raids – live updates | |
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| 3.19pm GMT15:19 | |
| Britain’s Royal Navy will used its most advanced warships to support a French aircraft carrier as it deploys to the Gulf, as part of increased efforts against Islamic State. | |
| Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says the HMS Defender will provide air defence cover for France’s Charles de Gaulle carrier | |
| The British warship is on a nine-month deployment to the Middle East and can defend a group of ships against attack from the air, either by aircraft or missiles. | |
| France’s aircraft carrier has left Toulon to help French operations in Syria. | |
| 3.09pm GMT15:09 | |
| My colleagues Angelique Chrisafis in St-Denis, Luke Harding and Kim Willsher in Paris have written a detailed breakdown of the raid today in the Paris outskirts. It includes this chilling account of the moment a woman detonated explosives, killing herself. | |
| Eyewitness Christian, 20, spoke to Le Parisien newspaper about the moment the woman blew herself up. | |
| During a ten or fifteen minute lull in the shooting I heard a woman shouting: ‘Help, help, help me!’ The police asked her to identify herself and to show herself. She showed her hands but she didn’t reveal her face. | |
| She withdrew them and then put them up again several times. They shouted at her: ‘Keep your hands in the air!’ They told her: ‘We’re going to shoot.’ | |
| The shooting resumed. The police were firing from the roof of the building opposite. Suddenly there was an enormous explosion [from the window, inside the flat]. It was probably the woman who blew herself up. | |
| The windows shattered. Lots of objects from the apartment were thrown into the street, pieces of human flesh as well. They are still there. You can see a bit of the head, of skin, of ribs. | |
| Read the full report here. | |
| Related: St-Denis raid: loud booms and gunfire shatter silence of suburban morning | |
| 2.55pm GMT14:55 | |
| Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has provided more details about this morning’s raids in St-Denis. | |
| Speaking at the National Assembly, he said: | |
| This morning’s intervention was made under extremely difficult conditions and the officers involved who I met after told me they have never never been subjected to such extreme violence or come under similar fire. | |
| I want to tell them how proud we are, that they are great, that they are brave and that I have immense admiration for them which I am sure is shared by all French people. | |
| Five of them have been wounded. The people of St-Denis were extremely brave as well, as well as every member of the emergency services involved. | |
| 2.52pm GMT14:52 | |
| The public prosecutor of Paris, Francois Molins, has announced he will hold a press conference today at 7pm French time, 6pm GMT. | |
| 2.51pm GMT14:51 | |
| Hundreds British Muslim organisations have signed a joint declaration in a full page advert in this morning’s Telegraph newspaper, organised by the Muslim Council of Britain. | |
| With one voice, British Muslims condemn the Paris attacks undeservedly. | |
| The aim of attacks like those inflicted on Paris and other cities across the world is to turn communities against each other. | |
| As Muslims, Britons and Europeans, we must stand together to make sure they do not succeed. | |
| Full page @Telegraph ad from hundreds of Muslim orgs condemning #Paris attacks pic.twitter.com/0jodvRaObm | |
| 2.40pm GMT14:40 | 2.40pm GMT14:40 |
| Forensics officers are now scouring the scene of the police raid in St-Denis. | Forensics officers are now scouring the scene of the police raid in St-Denis. |
| 2.32pm GMT14:32 | 2.32pm GMT14:32 |
| 'Two deaths, possibly more' in St-Denis raid | 'Two deaths, possibly more' in St-Denis raid |
| Jon Henley | Jon Henley |
| Bernard Cazeneuve, the interior minister, has told parliament that “at least two people, possibly more” died in the police operation this morning. | Bernard Cazeneuve, the interior minister, has told parliament that “at least two people, possibly more” died in the police operation this morning. |
| It had been reported in French media this morning that a third person had died but was not confirmed by any official statement. | It had been reported in French media this morning that a third person had died but was not confirmed by any official statement. |
| It is also now known that two of the seven people arrested in the St-Denis raid were hospitalised, one of whom has now left hospital but remains under arrest. | It is also now known that two of the seven people arrested in the St-Denis raid were hospitalised, one of whom has now left hospital but remains under arrest. |
| Updated at 2.37pm GMT | Updated at 2.37pm GMT |
| 2.27pm GMT14:27 | 2.27pm GMT14:27 |
| Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has announced that a further 118 raids were carried out last night, 25 arrests have been made, 34 weapons seized and 16 stashes of drugs were found. | Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has announced that a further 118 raids were carried out last night, 25 arrests have been made, 34 weapons seized and 16 stashes of drugs were found. |
| In total, 414 raids have taken place over the last three night leading to 60 arrests and 75 weapons have been discovered. The police have also enforced house arrest in 118 properties. | In total, 414 raids have taken place over the last three night leading to 60 arrests and 75 weapons have been discovered. The police have also enforced house arrest in 118 properties. |
| Bilan du jour des perquisitions administratives pic.twitter.com/GDS8iDO8Zc | Bilan du jour des perquisitions administratives pic.twitter.com/GDS8iDO8Zc |
| Officials have previously stressed that the raids are occurring under the ‘state of emergency’ declaration and are not necessarily directly linked to the Paris attacks. | Officials have previously stressed that the raids are occurring under the ‘state of emergency’ declaration and are not necessarily directly linked to the Paris attacks. |
| 2.08pm GMT14:08 | 2.08pm GMT14:08 |
| A Spanish security official has said French authorities have sent out a bulletin to police across Europe asking them to watch out for a Citroen Xsara car that could be carrying Salah Abdeslam, the man on the run after his brother was named as one of the suicide bombers in the Paris attacks. | A Spanish security official has said French authorities have sent out a bulletin to police across Europe asking them to watch out for a Citroen Xsara car that could be carrying Salah Abdeslam, the man on the run after his brother was named as one of the suicide bombers in the Paris attacks. |
| Spain’s El Espanol website published the document with the car’s description, naming Abdeslam. | Spain’s El Espanol website published the document with the car’s description, naming Abdeslam. |
| The document reads: “ABDELSLAM, Salah, responsible for the recent attacks in Paris, may have passed into this country.” It also provides details of the number plate of the vehicle. | The document reads: “ABDELSLAM, Salah, responsible for the recent attacks in Paris, may have passed into this country.” It also provides details of the number plate of the vehicle. |
| Updated at 2.15pm GMT | Updated at 2.15pm GMT |
| 1.56pm GMT13:56 | 1.56pm GMT13:56 |
| Jessica Elgot | Jessica Elgot |
| We’re continuing our live coverage here in the aftermath of the dramatic raid this morning on an apartment block in the town of St-Denis, near Paris. | We’re continuing our live coverage here in the aftermath of the dramatic raid this morning on an apartment block in the town of St-Denis, near Paris. |
| Here’s what has happened over the past few hours. | Here’s what has happened over the past few hours. |
| Raid on St-Denis | Raid on St-Denis |
| Two people have been killed | Two people have been killed |
| Seven people have been arrested | Seven people have been arrested |
| How the raid unfolded | How the raid unfolded |
| Paris mourns attack victims | Paris mourns attack victims |
| France will remain a country of movement. | France will remain a country of movement. |
| German investigations continue | German investigations continue |
| Airstrikes in Syria | Airstrikes in Syria |
| Updated at 2.01pm GMT | Updated at 2.01pm GMT |