This raid does not seem over yet. Police ordered residents to stay inside. Anyone who approached was told in n nuncertain terms to b bk away. Neighbors, many of them muslim immigrants, were evacuated by police and searched. We stopped abdul al jazeeri rushing down the street. He said in arabic he witnessed the whole thing. I saw the raid. 20 cars pass by here and then five minutes later the shooting started, he said. You heard the gunfire, i asked. I saw it with my eyes, he said. Meanwhile, the police focused on one apartment on the third floor of this building. That, neighbors say, is the apartment where the raids target were holed up. The main target, Officials Say, was abdelhamid abaaoud, the man they describe as mastermind behind the paris attacks, a Belgian National and had gone to syria to join isis and pererd in a propaganda video. It seems he managed to sneak pack into the country. As day was breaking, the rds but then several explosions echoed through the streets. Its common i
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And Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on what is already a very busy wednesday morning. Weve got breaking news as were coming on the air at this hour. A largescale Police Operation aimed at the mastermind of the terror attacks on paris, abdelhamid abaaoud. Officials initially believed he was in syria, but clearly there is some suspicion he could in fact be very close by, possibly on the outskirts of paris. Want to give you an idea of where this is all happening. Its in saintdenis, a suburb north of paris in some apartments that are actually about a mile from the soccer stadium that was attacked on friday. At least two people have been killed. Seven others arrested. The siege lasting about seven hours. Police say at least five officers have been wounded as well. Lets get right to nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel in that neighborhood this morning. Richard, good morning, what are you seeing and hearing . G
Justan outside of paris and located near the stade de france and overnight, they raided an apartment in a planned operation in connection with last weeks attacks in paris. This is the scene earlie tonight. [ gun fire] explosions. Police say one person is still holed up in n e apartment. There are explosives in the apartment that could bring down a building. And two suspects are dead. Three men inside the apartment werepa arrested by special ops. A man and woman were also arrested nearby. Three ofrtsficers and one civilian were injured in this raid. They believe the likely target wasy obdualabdul, the alleged master mind behind last weeks paris attacks. And planes had too be diverted. But first,di we want to bring in saintdenis. Reporter as you said, we one of the ais spects, a woman who apparently killed herself, blew herself up at the beginning of the assaults. This happened at 4 30 a. M. Local time. By 6 30 a. M. , there were more explosions about two hours after it began. This is in
Begins right now. We do say good morning, america. Following the fastbreaking developments this morning. You are looking at the scene of that major raid this morning. Sustained explosions, gunfire heard in that neighborhood just outside of paris actually less than one mile away from the soccer stadium that was attack attacked. Authorities thought they cornered the mastermind, that man right there, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. Heres what we know right now about the raid. Two people are dead including that woman who detonated a suicide bomb. Seven people arrested. Five officers injured and a police dog was killed and you also see that photo of one of those suspects dragged away. His clothes partially torn off. What we dont know right now was this another cell actually getting ready to strike white away. What happened to both abaaoud, the mastermind and that eighth attacker that fled to bulge. World news anchor david muir on the scene since the raid began. David. Reporter we witnessed an incredibl