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Paris attacks: Man killed in Saint-Denis police raid identified by prosecutor

He is named as 25-year-old Chakib Akrouh

Serina Sandhu
Thursday 14 January 2016 17:35 EST
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Forensic officers search for evidence following the raid on a building in Saint-Denis
Forensic officers search for evidence following the raid on a building in Saint-Denis (Getty Images)

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A suicide bomber who was killed during a police raid in Saint-Denis following the deadly Paris terror attacks has been identified.

A prosecutor from Paris said the man was 25-year-old Chakib Akrouh.

Akrouh, a Belgian-Moroccan, “blew himself up” in the apartment in the Paris suburb on 18 November - five days after the attacks took place in the capital. He had been hiding there with Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged ringleader of the attacks.

Abaaoud's cousin, Hasna Ait Boulahcen, was also killed in the raid.

According to the prosecutor’s statement, Akrouh was identified using DNA from his mother.

On November 13, 130 people lost their lives as a result of a series of coordinated terror attacks in Paris. Locations included the Stade de France and the Bataclan concert hall.

Earlier it emerged that Salah Abdeslam, a suspect who has been on the run since the attacks, had made contact with his defence lawyer.

It is thought that Abdeslam drove the three suicide bombers to the Stade de France.

According to information given by an unnamed source to Belga news agency, Sven Mary, the Brussels-based lawyer, declined to comment.

Speaking to Belgian TV news, Mr Mary said: “I cannot and do not want to talk.”

Federal prosecutors in Belgium declined to comment and said the report was “just a rumour”.

Additional reporting by agencies

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