Nbcs keir simmons is in paris with the latest developments. Reporter Abdelhamid Abaaoud is now believed according to french prosecutor to have been killed in those raids. He is 29 years old. Described as the mastermind, the lynch pin, whatever word you use, he is the man french authorities believe was behind the attacks in paris, the massacre that killed 129 people. [ gunfire ] reporter yesterday they raided that third floor apartment. Two people were killed, a woman and a man. They were not able to identify the man because his body was so badly damaged by the fire fiegtd, so they had to use fingerprint identification to establish that it is, they believe, abaaoud. It is a very, very Important Development not least because the french believe that terror cell was planning another attack in paris and at the same time they will be stunned that he had managed to make his way here to the center of europe. Prior to that believe he was with isis in syria and that he perhaps planned this plot
It appears he was sought to death. His body riddled by bullets and that he was not killed by the suicide vest detonated by his cousin. The woman that he was with in that apartment. Now, abdelhamid abaaoubds body was removed from that apartment was not publicly identified until this morning. As of two hours a, french forensic teams were still on the scene of that apartment where police fired more than 5,000 shots. Now, we have new imnls this morning from inside one of those paris cafes shot at by those terrorists. And in this video obtained by dailymail. Com, you can see flying glass andal scrambling for cover. Now, between videos like this one and this new propaganda video, new york city is now on edge. The video shows times square as well as restaurants and taxi cabs and people on the streets with images cut from the paris attacks and also terrorists with guns and suicide belts. But new york city leaders say that this is propaganda thrown together at the last minute released to take a