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Wednesday 18 Nov 2015 - 12:57 Makkah mean time-6-2-1437
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Paris (IINA) – Shooting broke out in the suburb of Saint Denis during a dawn raid by police hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the French capital on Friday, AFP reported citing security sources.
Several police were wounded in the anti-terrorism raid, said a source close to the operation, which began before dawn in the north of Paris.
Police sources said several unidentified men were still holed up in an apartment as the operation continued at 06:15 am (0515 GMT).
The area is home to the Stade de France, one of several places hit by gunmen and suicide bombers on Friday in the worst ever attack on French soil, which was claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group.
Firemen and a special armed response unit joined in the operation against "an armed group holed up in an apartment" at 04:31 am. The raid comes as Europe was on high alert after footage from the scene of one of Friday's attacks revealed a ninth suspect may have taken part.
It was not clear if this ninth man was one of two suspected accomplices detained in Belgium or was on the run, potentially with 26-year-old fugitive Frenchman Salah Abdeslam who carried out one of the attacks at Bonne Biere cafe along with his suicide-bomber brother Brahim.
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday will hold a meeting to discuss proposals to extend by three months the state of emergency declared after the worst attacks in French history. It will then be put to vote by lawmakers Thursday and Friday.
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