AS I was turning 40 last Friday, a lot was happening inside and outside the sports scene that allowed me to put things in perspective. On November 13, a Friday night in Paris, suspected Islamic or Muslim militants staged a military-style attack on six different locations in Paris, killing 129…
but supposedly, was near terrorist. if he is here, if he was here and killed, explain that to me. how can that be? this is a guy that was much on the radar. not a guy they had their eye on. this is a man believed to be an isis mastermind. how could that man get back into this country? i wish i had the answer to that. if that was the case, and he is able it through the country, to set up the operation, go on unnoticed, getting into france, getting those people together, organizing and presumably, supervising the attacks. from here. from here. and carrying on for two or three days, it is obviously a major security failure. i want to bring our viewers up to date before we continue our discussion with thierry. a police operation, that started in the early morning hours. 4:30 a.m., perhaps earlier, in saint-denis, a northern suburb
lot of different means of actions. it s a huge question. the president said, these enemies are not the enemies of the french. they are the enemies of iraq. and that s the case. we are trying to confirm right now, reports from our affiliate, a meeting going about this operation, presumably about this operation. it wouldn t be surprising. these are the things that the authorities are concentrating on, very intently obviously. many people had been quite scared to think that the terrorists, still at large, and there could be more attacks. just a couple of nights ago, we were here. and so many people had come out to pay respects. and in five seconds, this place was cleared because there was a
abaaoud, the belgian-born terrorist who was believed to be the mastermind behind the attacks on friday. was he there? was he killed? has he been arrested? unclear at this point. what we know, he was the target. that s what we can say for certain. joining us now here in paris, dramatic moments, watching bfm, unfolding for all of france to watch, was a war zone in saint-denis, north of paris. it is crazy. it is a good indication that the investigators and the security forces seem to be doing a great job at, you know, getting information. using that information. a lot will depend will who was
woman has done this in france. where did this woman come from? nowhere at all have we heard about a develop being involved. did he know the operation was ongoing? was it in the midst of it that she decided to do such a thing. and is that part of the same batch of explosives made in the attacks. we ll wait to see she blew herself up. what was it. and the other possibility, an attack was being planned. we don t have answers. the prosecutor is confirming the death of this female by i m not the word they used if it s vest or something else. indeed. all right. we re going to continue to cover this, as well. we continue our rolling coverage of this breaking news story. christiane, i m not superfamiliar with saint-denis. it is a diverse area north of police. it s connected to paris. it s not of the 20.