apparently, wearing a suicide vest. i bring that up because you mentioned the syringes they found in the hotel rooms to see if they would be used in the making of explosive devices, like the one used on friday. like the one used in the last few hours in this police operation. looking at the latest we re getting from the paris prosecutor s office, three police officers injured. we understand, as this raid unfolded. starting about 4:30 in the morning. two hours later, significant detonations. and a heavy exchange of gunfire, as well as exmroegs, as were reported by our atikka schubert. it appeared that at that stage, is when forces decided to storm that apartment. unclear. it would sort of match the type of operation that we ve covered in the past. schools closed in saint-denis. until recently, the prosecutors
as many as five under arrest. three taken into custody from inside that apartment. two apparently taken into custody on the streets there. the target of the operation. this known at this point, was, though, abdel hamid abaaoud. we are hear that the operation is ongoing. that it is winding down. that some of the security forces there, and you see them heavily armed, body armor, are in a relaxed stance. our atikka schubert has been following this. what s the latest you have for us, atikka? it seems that the operation is winding down. we ve seen units leaving the area where it was happening, maybe a few hundred meters behind me. the view is blocked by the police cars. and i see the soldiers. i think the operation is
or is this something that just came to them an they acted upon immediately? trying to figure that out. some of the information, atikka schubert was talking to us, obviously live, from the scene, in saint-denis, this operation had been planned by police. they had gotten whatever information they needed to get, way before they started in the early hours of this morning. that s why they came in such mass, with so coordinated, and conducted this morning raid. again, the target was abaaoud. and according to the earliest known information, that we re going to try to keep chasing down, until authorities officially declare it, they presume that he was among those killed. what we do know, three dead, three suspected terrorists dead. was abaaoud one of them?
it appears that the explosions have gone quiet for now. we will keep on top of the situation for you. atikka, that you, when it was still dark and this was under way. you counted several explosions. there were, perhaps, more than a dozen. and we know from our affiliate, one of the sounds was the suicide explosion of one of the terrorists, a woman, inside the apartment. now, as we ve been reporting, from the justice ministry and elsewhere, this operation is coming to a close. atikka, how do you expect it to play out now, where you are? do you expect to get any firsthand word from the police? or the spokespeople there, if there are any? i think at best, we may be able to get some details from police when the operation is over, on what happened. but we won t get all of the details clearly.
belt. this happened at the beginning of the raid at 4:30 in the morning. crucially, three men were also in the apartment. they have been removed. three men who were in the apartment have been removed. they are now in custody. the identities at this stage, not known. in addition to the female who blew herself up, there are reports of two additional suspected terrorists dead. the total number in that apartment, it appears, would have been six. three under arrest, three dead. one blew herself up. two were killed by forces. atikka schubert is in saint-denis. you have been there for several hours. set the scene for us right now. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? that the operation is coming to a close. officially, it s still ongoing. the police are much more relaxed now. the military trucks have moved on. again, it does seem to be