French prosecutors confirm Abdelhamid Abaaoud WAS killed in siege on Paris safehouse: Experts use saliva to identity his remains after he was shot in the head by a sniper and blown to pieces by grenades
- Abaaoud died in six-hour gun battle with police at flat in northern Paris
- He was hit by a sniper then blown up by grenades as police stormed flat
- Body was so unrecognisable it has taken 24 hours to confirm his death
- Belgian jihadist finally identified using DNA from his saliva samples
- France accused of 'major failing' after allowing him to operate so freely
- French minister says Abaaoud 'involved in four foiled attacks in France'
- France says it received no information from other countries to signal that Abaaoud had entered Europe until two days after Paris attack
The
suspected mastermind of the Paris terror attacks was killed in
yesterday's dramatic police siege on his safe house, prosecutors have
confirmed.
Belgian
jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, was first hit in the head by a police
sniper and then blown to pieces by numerous grenades during the raid in
the suburb of Saint-Denis.
His
body was so unrecognisable it has taken more than 24 hours for forensic
tests to confirm he is now dead using DNA from his saliva.
Paris
prosecutors said his body was 'riddled with bullets', adding that it
was unclear whether Abaaoud had detonated a suicide belt.
Now
the French authorities will have to explain how they allowed the known
terrorist, who was thought to be in Syria, to operate so freely in their
country, killing 129 people in the process.
'This is a major failing,' said Roland Jaquard, from the International Observatory for Terrorism.
Interior
minister Bernard Cazeneuve said France did not know before last week's
deadly attacks that Abaaoud was in Europe, but said he was believed to
be behind four of six attacks thwarted since spring by French
authorities.
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Dead: Belgian jihadist Abdelhamid
Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind of the Paris terror attacks, was
killed in yesterday's dramatic police shoot-out, prosecutors have
confirmed, ending 24 hours of speculation
Abdelhamid Abaaoud (left) died in a gun battle which saw 5,000 rounds of ammunition fired by police
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