believed to be a woman. and another, we re told, was shot dead by police snipers, also inside the apartment. now, very sadly, police say, and our affiliate says, that a civilian outside has also fallen victim to this operation and has been killed. we ll bring you more of that information as soon as we get more details on all of that. we understand one suspect, this is very important, one suspect, according to our affiliate, and their police sources, is still alive, inside that apartment. and that is why this operation continues under way. we re going to turn, now, to our political scientist, and analyst at the university of versailles, and the university of paris. he has worked for paris foreign affairs. thank you very much for joining us. hi. what do you make of this operation? is it surprising to you? do you believe that it had the threat of, perhaps, more
always interesting. 4:30 in the morning. this the a classic time for police to launch operations in the hope they re going to catch suspects by surprise. that s different than the situation with the brothers and, where they had hostages and the brothers were sort of cornered after a long chase. in this case, it may well be that the suspects had no idea that the police were on to them and cornered them, in this way in saint-denis. and especially if it is confirmed that abboud is one of those in holed up in the area, that would be remarkable. this is a man who was targeted for years. if he is in fact here, it would mean that he is hiding in plain sight, in the middle of paris, plotting all of these attacks, christiane.
a person of huge interest to every intelligence agency. the fajt he could have gotten back into europe is a stunning development. it raises the possibility, there was a second wave attack being planned by this group, that friday was just part one, and there was something else coming down the pipeline, here in paris. very disturbing potential development that key figure part of this conspiracy, could still be at large. and the ring leader could potentially have come all the way to paris. but we have to caution that according to this official, they did not know for sure that when they went in, that abu oud was
this address. a stunning potential development, given he is the suspected ringleader in this attack on friday in paris. given the fact he had been linked to a string of plots, christiane, as you were saying, in europe, against france, including an attempted attack on a train coming into france, in the summer, including a french isis operative, who was arrested, in august, who said he had been told by abu oud, to launch an attack on a concert hall in france. the ring leader of the flat that was thwarted in january. in a jewish museum in brussels last year.
the second i.d. was, on the statement on the isis, said they would to the did, in the district. they did not. so, maybe they were waiting to finish it. and by the way, the car that helped to lead the investigation, to the flat in saint-denis, was found in the district. it s a very important and effective operation, which is now ended for this one. but some of them happened today, also, in toulouse, because as you know, the people that were involved in the plot of paris, were linked to old networks, our network and the group, so, we are just going to be sure with the state of emergency, to check everything that was going to country.