French prosecutors confirm Abdelhamid Abaaoud WAS killed in siege on Paris safehouse

 

The suspected mastermind of the Paris terror attacks was killed in yesterday's dramatic police siege on his safehouse, prosecutors have confirmed.

Belgian jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, was first hit in the head by a police sniper and then blown up by numerous grenades during a raid on a house 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, said a source working with Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.

The source said: 'The death of this suspect has been confirmed by a saliva sample. DNA tests have positively identified Abdelhamid Abaaoud.