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| Paris attacks: three suspects including alleged 'scout' arrested in Turkey – live | Paris attacks: three suspects including alleged 'scout' arrested in Turkey – live |
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| 8.42am GMT08:42 | |
| Grenades were thrown at officers as they stormed the flat where Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected co-ordinator of the Paris attacks, was killed, a senior police officer has said. | |
| Deputy police commander Eric Gigou told the BBC: | |
| As soon as it started we heard machine guns and we also heard grenades because the guys inside threw grenades through their windows trying to injure us downstairs on the ground. | |
| They sent grenades on the floor, the third floor, to injure my colleagues, so when I understood that they were fighting against us I was on the ground, then I decided to go upstairs with my colleagues fighting - not at the front, of course - but with my colleagues in the stairs, because I knew that it could last a long time because they had machine guns. | |
| They tried to be able to keep their ammunition, they didn’t waste ammunition, they were shooting at us but they didn’t waste ammunition, so I thought that it could last a long time. | |
| The three dead included Abaaoud and his female cousin Hasna Aitboulahcen, 26, but the third person’s identity and gender is yet to be ascertained, PA reports. | |
| It was initially thought that Aitboulahcen blew herself up during the gunfight, but Paris prosecutors today confirmed she was killed in the police raid but was not a suicide bomber. | |
| 8.32am GMT08:32 | |
| The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Britons visiting Belgium in response to the raised terror threat level in Brussels. Officials warn against going to crowded places, such as busy shopping centres, large events or even public transport. | |
| The guidance says: | |
| Following the terrorist attacks in Paris on 13 November and subsequent police raids in Belgium and France, the Belgian government has increased its national threat level to the top level, very serious, for the Brussels region, indicating that the threat of a terrorist attack is serious and imminent; people should avoid places where there is a high concentration of people, particularly in the Brussels region, including concerts, large events, stations and airports, public transport, busy shopping centres; follow the advice of local authorities and subscribe to email alerts for updates to this travel advice; the whole Brussels metro network will be closed on 21 and 22 November, many events such as football matches will be cancelled. | |
| Updated at 8.33am GMT | |
| 8.10am GMT08:10 | 8.10am GMT08:10 |
| Opening summary | Opening summary |
| Welcome to our continuing coverage of the Paris attacks and their aftermath. Main developments as we launch today’s live blog include news of three arrests in Turkey; the Belgian capital, Brussels, being placed on its highest terror alert level; and the United Nations security council calling on member nations to take “all necessary measures” to fight Isis, wherever it holds territory. | Welcome to our continuing coverage of the Paris attacks and their aftermath. Main developments as we launch today’s live blog include news of three arrests in Turkey; the Belgian capital, Brussels, being placed on its highest terror alert level; and the United Nations security council calling on member nations to take “all necessary measures” to fight Isis, wherever it holds territory. |
| Three arrests reported in Turkey | Three arrests reported in Turkey |
| Brussels moves to highest ‘level four’ alert | Brussels moves to highest ‘level four’ alert |
| Security council votes for united front against Isis | Security council votes for united front against Isis |