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| Police Conduct Raid Near Paris in Search for Planner of Attacks; 5 Arrested | |
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| PARIS — A woman died when she detonated an explosive vest and five people were arrested when the French police conducted an early-morning raid on Wednesday in the northern Paris suburb of St.-Denis aimed at detaining the Belgian militant suspected of organizing the attacks that killed 129 people on Friday. | PARIS — A woman died when she detonated an explosive vest and five people were arrested when the French police conducted an early-morning raid on Wednesday in the northern Paris suburb of St.-Denis aimed at detaining the Belgian militant suspected of organizing the attacks that killed 129 people on Friday. |
| The Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the police raid started at 4:20 a.m. and had targeted six suspects. | The Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the police raid started at 4:20 a.m. and had targeted six suspects. |
| Three men hiding out in an apartment were taken in by special police forces, the prosecutor’s office said, although it did not release the three men’s identities. | Three men hiding out in an apartment were taken in by special police forces, the prosecutor’s office said, although it did not release the three men’s identities. |
| A man and a woman were also captured near the apartment and have been taken in, the authorities said. | A man and a woman were also captured near the apartment and have been taken in, the authorities said. |
| The prosecutor’s office said the target of the raid was Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian militant suspected of organizing the attacks. There was no confirmation of whether Mr. Abaaoud was in the apartment at the time of the raid. | The prosecutor’s office said the target of the raid was Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian militant suspected of organizing the attacks. There was no confirmation of whether Mr. Abaaoud was in the apartment at the time of the raid. |
| The raid appeared to focus on an apartment near Place Jean Jaurès, a main square in St.-Denis not far from the Stade de France, where three of the seven attackers who died on Friday blew themselves up. | The raid appeared to focus on an apartment near Place Jean Jaurès, a main square in St.-Denis not far from the Stade de France, where three of the seven attackers who died on Friday blew themselves up. |
| The police swarmed through the area and cordoned it off before dawn, emptying the streets and warning inhabitants who were awakened by the gunfire to stay inside. | The police swarmed through the area and cordoned it off before dawn, emptying the streets and warning inhabitants who were awakened by the gunfire to stay inside. |
| Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve joined President François Hollande at the Élysée Palace on Wednesday morning to monitor the operation. | Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve joined President François Hollande at the Élysée Palace on Wednesday morning to monitor the operation. |