'You still dare to be called a Muslim?' Sickening rant of suspected Paris attacks mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud claims Muslims cannot be happy unless they are fighting jihad
- New video has emerged showing alleged mastermind behind Paris attacks
- In the clip Beligian Islamist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, aged 27, calls for jihad
- He is thought to have been killed yesterday by French anti-terror police
In the undated short clip which was uploaded to social media Beligian Islamist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, addresses the camera as the sound of gunfire is heard in the background.
Abaaoud appears disorientated and slurs his words throughout the 55-second clip. It is currently unclear if it was filmed before yesterday's shoot out in the north Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis.
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In the undated short clip Abdelhamid Abaaoud (pictured) addresses the camera as the sound of gunfire is heard in the background. It is currently unclear if it was filmed before yesterday's shoot out in Saint-Denis
Yesterday French police launched a pre-dawn raid targeting Abaaoud, who is the suspected mastermind behind the attacks in Paris last Friday which killed 129 people
In the chilling propoganda video Abaaoud, who also operates under an assumed name of Abu Omar al-Balgiki, said: 'I would like to send a message to those who stayed sitting. Stand up. Spring, jump, rush for the victory of (inaudible).
'Are you satisfied with this life you have, staying home, sitting at your place?'
'Are you satisfied with this life you are having? This humiliating life whether it's in Europe, Africa, Arabic countries, America? Are you satisfied with this life? This humiliating life where you call yourself Muslim? You still dare to be called a Muslim?'
'Look for pride and honour - you will only find it in your religion... you will only find it in your religion, in jihad.'
Abaaoud appears disorientated and slurs his words throughout the 55-second clip. It is currently unclear if it was filmed before yesterday's shoot out in the north Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis
Abaaoud, 27, (pictured) and his 26-year-old French-born cousin Hasna Aitboulahcen are believed to be the two terrorists who died in a gun and grenade battle which saw 5,000 rounds of ammunition fired by police
In their sights: Police move in on the apartment where the female suicide bomber blew herself up after firing an AK-47 machine at officers. At least one other jihadi is also dead
Human cost: A sobbing woman, left, and a man carrying a baby in a pink coat and pyjamas, centre, are surrounded by dozens of masked and armed police evacuating residents from the sieged street
Abaaoud, 27, and his 26-year-old French-born cousin Hasna Aitboulahcen are believed to be the two terrorists who died in a gun and grenade battle early yesterday morning which saw 5,000 rounds of ammunition fired by police.
Officers were seen removing two bodies from the apartment yesterday afternoon.
Abaaood was originally said by French authorities to have been in Syria.
A blonde-haired woman, said to be Aitboulahcen, became Europe's first female suicide bomber when she detonated her explosive vest moments after telling police 'Help me, help me'.
Another jihadi's body was found riddled with bullets when more than 100 armed officers stormed the flat in Saint-Denis believing Abaaoud was inside with six other terrorists, including Salah Abdeslam.
The French authorities have still not confirmed if Abaaoud was there or if he is dead or alive but two European intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Washington Post that he had been killed inside the building and identified by forensic experts.
Wanted men: It has been reported the target of the police siege in Saint-Denis was Abdelhamid Abaaoud (left), thought to be the mastermind behind the Paris attacks who is said to have been killed. Salah Abdeslam (right), who has been on the run since Friday's attacks is not among those arrested according to a French prosecutor
Bodies were this afternoon removed from the flat raided by French police in Saint-Denis where Paris massacre mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, was believed to be inside with six other terrorists
A forensics squad inspects a blood-covered mattress dumped in the glass-covered street outside the flat
One of the bodies is removed from inside the apartment building (left) and loaded into a hearse (right) following the seven-hour siege
French prosecutor Francois Molins said this evening that the two terrorists who died in the seven-hour stand-off had not yet been identified because of the state of the bodies. He made no mention of the claim by intelligence officials.
But he revealed that neither Abaaoud nor Salah Abdeslam, who has been on the run since Friday's attacks, were among the seven people arrested.
Security sources said earlier on Wednesday that the raid, which left five French police officers with minor injuries and a police dog dead, prevented a new ISIS double terror attack on Paris.
The operation was carried out after security services received a tip-off on Monday that Abaaoud was ‘on French territory’. They were led to the apartment by monitoring Aitboulahcen.
Mr Molins said a 'new team of terrorists were neutralised' and that 'given their arms, their organisational structure and their determination' the cell was 'ready to act'.
The body that had sustained a number of gunshots was 'not in a state that allows it to be identified', he said. It has been reported that the second terrorist who died was shot by police marksmen with sniper rifles.
Drama: The terror suspect was dragged from the building and broken glass with no trousers on - presumably in case he was wearing a suicide belt - as police trained their weapons on the flat
A member of the French judicial police is pictured inspecting the apartment raided by special forces after a six-hour stand-off yesterday morning
As the Saint-Denis siege ended after six hours yesterday morning it was revealed:
- Paris massacres mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, was believed to be inside the safehouse at centre of the raid;
- Police and secret services were watching several flats in Saint-Denis and had tapped phones in the area before they swooped at 4.25am;
- Operation became more important after a tip-off that the Paris terror cell were about to launch a new attack on city's business district, La Defense;
- Two terror suspects have been killed. One was a female suicide bomber who blew herself up. French and Belgian media have reported she is Abaaoud's wife or a cousin. The other fatality was a man killed by a police sniper;
- Two of the arrested terror plotters have been shot in the arm and are being operated on at a secure hospital in Bobigny, Paris;
- Seven people have been arrested. Five were held in the flat or the 'rubble' inside apartment block and two more were held nearby;
- Five police officers were injured. A Belgian Shepherd sniffer dog called Diesel was sent in to the block and killed by the terror cell;
- French government confirms that all 129 victims of Friday's attacks have now been identified;
- David Cameron tells MPs one Briton died – Nick Alexander - three have been released from hospital and further 15 being treated for trauma.
Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said authorities are still working to determine the fate of Abaaoud - and identify those killed and arrested. He said confirmed three suspected jihadis were held in the flat and two more 'as they tried to hide in the rubble' of the block.
He said: 'It is currently impossible to give the identify of those arrested, which is being verified. Everything will be done to work out who is who and thanks to forensics who and was in the apartment'.
TIMELINE OF THE BATTLE OF SAINT-DENIS: HOW POLICE WERE MET WITH HAIL OF BULLETS AS THE SIEGE UNFOLDED
Elite French firearms teams fought a ferocious seven-hour battle with terror suspects in a cramped apartment block. They stormed the flat in Saint-Denis following intelligence that it was being used as a hideout by the masterminds behind the Paris massacres and that the fanatics inside were plotting another atrocity. Chris Greenwood, Emily Kent Smith and Josh White detail how the bloody drama unfolded:
04.00: Police stream into Saint-Denis where they believe terror mastermind Abdel Hamid Abaaoud is holed up. They were led there by monitoring Hasna Aitboulahcen, a French-born woman cousin of Abaaoud. They also believe that on-the-run terrorist Salah Abdeslam and a ninth attacker are among five fanatics present.
04.15: Hundreds of police marksmen, supported by military units, surround an apartment block at 8, Rue du Corbillon.
04.25: Officers from counter-terrorist unit RAID storm the building. Bullets ricochet off surrounding properties as they are met with a hail of gunfire. An explosion rocks the neighbourhood. Several officers are wounded.
Nabil Guerram, 36, who lives nearby, says: ‘I was woken with a start at 4.20am by the sound of extremely heavy gunfire. My children were crying. There was non-stop fire for 20 to 25 minutes, then calm, then it started up again for a very long time.’
05.00: Police dog Diesel is killed after she is sent in to check for suspects. A witness says she was ‘blown to pieces’ in a hail of bullets.
A woman who lives on the floor below hides in her bathroom but there are so many explosions she fears the ceiling is going to collapse. She said she heard gunfire, screaming, and people shouting ‘shoot, shoot’. She said she ran away clutching her baby.
05.30: A helicopter arrives overhead and 25 minutes later a motorcade carrying dozens of French soldiers, followed by ambulances and fire engines are seen racing towards the flat. Surrounding roads are sealed off.
Neighbour Caroline Chomienne says she was woken by shooting, adding: ‘The firing got louder and it was still going on after an hour. There was a firefight. There was shooting everywhere, but also bomb explosions.’
05.45: Residents run for their lives. Omar Dati, a 17-year-old student, said: ‘It was like a warzone. We didn’t know where to run.’
06.27: Sporadic gunfire continues to be heard, and terrified residents are warned to stay indoors. Schools remain closed and public transport is shut down.
07.00: Jawad Ben Dow, the apartment’s landlord, tells how he let ‘two men from Belgium’ use it for a few days as a favour, saying: ‘A friend asked me to put up two of his friends for a few days. I said there was no mattress.
‘They told me, “It’s not a problem”.’ They just wanted water and to pray. I was asked to do a favour, I did a favour. I didn’t know they were terrorists.’
07.30: Siege enters its third hour and seven blasts rock Saint-Denis. Visibly nervous police officers reveal several colleagues have been injured in the close-quarters fighting.
07.45: Up to 20 people, including children, are evacuated from the apartment block.
07.50: One man said he thought he would die when the shooting started and hid under his bed with his young son. ‘I was afraid,’ he said. ‘My son heard and he was crying a lot. I tried to calm him down but he was crying. The police arrived and they said, “Get out quick! This building is going to blow up”.’
08.00: Police block roads leading to Saint-Denis, shining green lasers at anyone to stop them coming too close.
09.00: A woman – believed to be Aitboulahcen – detonates a suicide belt as she pretends to give herself up. Witness Christian, 20, said the street was showered in body parts after a deafening explosion at a window.
He said: ‘I heard a woman shouting “Help, help, help me!” The police asked her to identify herself and to show herself. She showed her hands but she didn’t reveal her face. They shouted at her, “Keep your hands in the air!” They told her, “We’re going to shoot”. The shooting resumed. Suddenly there was an enormous explosion. It was probably the woman who blew herself up.’
08.30: Police confirm that a man has also been killed, believed to have been shot by one of their snipers. It is not known if Abaaoud is dead or alive. Two further police officers are injured. Explosives used by police cause an entire floor to collapse within the building.
09.00: Prosecutors announce three arrests. A man and a woman were also arrested nearby.
09.30: Police believe one last suspect remains in the apartment.
10.34: A man, naked from the waist down, and wearing a bloodied T-shirt is dragged from the building. No gunfire had been heard for two hours.
11.10: Manhunt for at least one suspect continues, as French police confirm another arrest, taking total to eight.
11.25: Further explosions as police use flash bang grenades to distract anyone left inside the apartment.
11.43: After a cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace, the government declares the seven-hour operation at an end.
13.00: Body parts are found amid the rubble outside the building which will be subjected to DNA analysis to see if they are Abaaoud.
Photographs emerge showing the force of the explosions blew window frames clean out of the walls. Sources later claim Abaaoud was killed in the battle’.
14.25: A resident, who hid with her young son, said: ‘The helicopter lit up my living room. I had to talk to someone... I came out when they said it was over.’
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