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 - MailOnline .

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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