The man pegged as the “mastermind” behind the Paris terror attacks was killed during a police raid.
Abdelhamid Abaaoud was the “brain of these attacks,” according to French prime minister Manuel Valls.
“The brain of these attacks--or at least one of them, if we remain cautious--was among those dead. I want to acknowledge the outstanding work of our intelligence services and the police,” Valls told France’s national assembly on November 19.
Abaaoud was killed during a pre-dawn police raid in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris.
Investigating police officers enter the building of Wednesday's raid on an apartment in Paris suburb Saint-Denis, Thursday Nov.19, 2015. With France still reeling from last week's deadly attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Thursday that Islamic extremists might at some point use chemical or biological weapons, and urged lawmakers to extend a national state of emergency by three months. AP Photo/Christophe Ena
