'Saw bomber's severed head fly out the window during St Denis raid'

November 20, 2015 11:03

The head of France's elite anti-terrorist force Raid has spoken of a battle against terrorists in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis that was so bloody that at one point his officers saw a suicide bomber's head "fly through the window and land on the other side of the street".

The Independent spoke to Jean-Michel Fauvergue after the shootout that led to the death of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks.Mr Fauvergue, 56, described how a dawn raid on a building in the Rue du Corbillon turned into a battle involving the use of grenades by both sides, the firing of 5,000 bullets, and a female suicide bomber detonating her explosives belt.

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