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Paris attacks: Hasna Ait Boulahcen 'died of asphyxiation' | |
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Prosecutors say a woman who died in a police raid after the Paris attacks died of asphyxiation, although her family argue she was murdered. | |
Hasna Ait Boulahcen, 26, died in a Saint-Denis flat alongside suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud. | Hasna Ait Boulahcen, 26, died in a Saint-Denis flat alongside suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud. |
Her family's lawyer Fabien N'Doumou said she may have been shot by police. | |
But the Paris prosecutor's office has told the BBC an autopsy shows she died from asphyxiation after a suicide vest was detonated. | But the Paris prosecutor's office has told the BBC an autopsy shows she died from asphyxiation after a suicide vest was detonated. |
Reports in the days after the raid said Boulahcen had detonated the suicide vest. | Reports in the days after the raid said Boulahcen had detonated the suicide vest. |
But in early January, prosecutors said a third suspect who died in the raid, Belgian-Moroccan national Chakib Akrouh, was wearing the vest. | But in early January, prosecutors said a third suspect who died in the raid, Belgian-Moroccan national Chakib Akrouh, was wearing the vest. |
Boulahcen's mother, sister and brother have lodged a murder complaint, against persons unknown. They are asking for her body to be returned for burial, and for the investigation to re-examine how she died. | |
Who was Hasna Ait Boulahcen? | Who was Hasna Ait Boulahcen? |
The raid took place on 18 November, five days after the attacks in which 130 people were killed. | The raid took place on 18 November, five days after the attacks in which 130 people were killed. |
Reports in French media said Boulahcen, who was Abaaoud's cousin, was responsible for finding the flat in which he hid, and drove him there in the days after the attacks. | Reports in French media said Boulahcen, who was Abaaoud's cousin, was responsible for finding the flat in which he hid, and drove him there in the days after the attacks. |
But Boulahcen, the daughter of Moroccan immigrants, "was under pressure by her cousin", the family's complaint says, according to French network iTele (in French). | But Boulahcen, the daughter of Moroccan immigrants, "was under pressure by her cousin", the family's complaint says, according to French network iTele (in French). |
The complaint, according to iTele, focuses on a recording made outside the flat during the raid, in which a woman's voice is heard shouting: "Can I leave? I want to leave." | The complaint, according to iTele, focuses on a recording made outside the flat during the raid, in which a woman's voice is heard shouting: "Can I leave? I want to leave." |