Abdelhamid abaaoud, his relatives and his terrorist ties. The operations continued until just before noon with shootouts lasting nearly an hour. Sources say the commandos bod bardment was so intense it collapsed an entire floor in one building here, making the work of gathering evidence all the more challenging. French Authorities Say they arrived just in the nick of time. That another attack was imminent. The first blast detonated around 4 30 a. M. And continued for hours. A third explosion reporter all within earshot of cnns atika shubert. Fourth. That was much larger. Reporter as day broke eight arrests had been made. The dead are still being identified with no confirmation the ringleader has been stopped. You can see french authorities, French Police inspecting the damage at the site of these apartment raids early this morning. French Authorities Say that two suspected terrorists were killed in the raids including a woman who blew herself up using a suicide vest. We see a lot of da
Bomb on board and were taking that very seriously. British Prime Minister David Cameron says it is more likely than not it was a bomb that doomed the jetliner. We have the latest from our diana magnay in london with more. Reporter britain has so many tourists stranded in Sharm El Sheikh, 20,000, they are trying to get back. That is why David Cameron did what he did and said what he said. The intelligence they have been looking at makes it a reasonable conclusion or more likely than not the plane was brought down by a bomb. They have been very tightlipped about what that intelligence is. They have not shared it with egyptian or russian authorities. Much to their chagrin. We dont know if it is the same intelligence that the u. S. Is hearing. We have more detail on what that is, as you said, the chatter after the accident among individuals supposedly linked with isis affiliate in sinai led u. S. Officials to suspect this might have been a bomb. They do stress this evidence is circumstanti
The specificity of the chatter just after the crash, but the officials all the way up to the president caution there is uncertainty about what happened. I think there is a possibility that there was a bomb on board. And were taking that seriously. Please do note, it is very unusual to hear a president speculate about the possibility of a bomb on a plane. British Prime Minister David Cameron is going further, it is more likely than not that a bomb doomed the russian airliner. Joining us now is cnns diana magnay. Reporter more likely than not are the key words. We dont know the assessment of the possibility this plane was brought down by a bomb. We dont know if it is the same kind of intelligence that the u. S. Counter terrorism officials were speaking of. Chatter of individuals known would be associated with the isis affiliate. What we know is the u. K. And delegation and security in Sharm El Sheikh are looking closely at the baggage handling procedures which is why the 20,000 tourists
Giving a sense of the overwhelming force police used in that predawn raid. Eight people were arrested. Authorities say they moved in just in time to keep the suspects from launching yet another attack. Well, isis is now threatening new york city as well. The Group Released a video showing times square and someone zipping a jacket over what looks look a suicide belt. Law enforcement officials tell cnn the footage is old. And nothing more than propaganda. And the mayor has just rereiterated publicly there is no specific threat to the city. Five syrian nationals traveling on passports stolen in greece are being investigated on charges of falsifying documents. The men were detained after traveling from syria to honduras through five other countries. Police have not confirmed it, but say the men may be trying to reach the United States. Police have not linked them to terrorism. And isis claimed it killed two more hostages, one from china, the other from norway. The chinese president condemn
Certain, thats how sure a senior u. S. Official is that isis snuck that bomb onto that russian passenger jet taking the plane out and with it 224 people including 25 children. The official line from the egyptians, confusingly remains the same. They say that it is still too soon to definitively say just what caused this plane to fall out of the sky. Cnn chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is in washington and will help us clear this all up. Jim, why such a disconnect between what u. S. And british and israeli officials are saying and the public statements of the russians and especially the egyptians . Ill tell you, theres so many politics swirling around here. Really the last thing you want in any sort of terrorism or possible terrorism investigation, you now actually have the russian Prime Minister dmit dmit dmitri saying all flights to egypt have been suspended since friday. That out of line with other russian officials who refuse to identify a cause so far. Meanwhile eg