abdelhamid abaaoud, his relatives and his terrorist ties. the operations continued until just before noon with shootouts lasting nearly an hour. sources say the commando's 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 cnn's 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