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This point was a man named abdelhamid abaaoud, the alleged mastermind of the attacks which happened on friday. at this point, we know two people inside that apartment are dead. again, five people arrested, three police officers injured. it's unclear, though, if abaaoud was inside that apartment and if he was, if he is one of the fatalities. we know that a woman suicide bomber is the other fatality. she had a vest which she exploded. that brings us up to date at this point. i want to bring in now jim cavanaugh, former atf special agent in charge and law enforcement analyst. jim, you've been wit...

Top of them as they were entering the building, killing one of them and injuring several others, but killing all of the suicide bombers. so the french police are cognizant of this. and they're going to be very deliberate, to make sure if anyone's holed up in there, to get them alive, or if they have to get them dead, in such a way, way they can gain intelligence, to find out where they came from and who else may be involved. >> do you think they'll be able to get some definitive proof that he was -- they believe abdelhamid abaaoud was the mastermind of these attacks here. >> it's possible they...

Of course these terrorists, if they're operating on drugs, and they're manic and they're constantly looking out the window, every little noise, you know, they're expecting to be pursued. if abaaoud is there, like you talked with chris jansing, that's a huge -- would be a huge catch for the french police and all of europe. he's a guy, if he could get loose, and if he is loose, i mean, he could launch and gather together more terrorists and have more attacks in europe. he's a very, very dangerous man. i'm reminded of the capture of khalid sheikh mohammed years ago, do you remember that? >> yeah....

I'll go back to abaaoud, but i'm getting new information from the paris prosecutor's office, according to them, the one woman in the apartment activated her belt at the beginning of the assault. so we heard some of those explosions. the assault began at 4:20 a.m. three men who were holed up in the apartment were taken out by special operations forces and are placed under custody. their identities have not been established. moreover, a man and a woman were arrested and placed into custody nearby the apartment. all the family entourage of m t mostefai and samy amimour have been released. apparen...