to build this stuff. the problem with tapt is it is extremely volatile. the fact they were able to create five or six of these v t vests and not blow themselves up in the process and they worked as designed, that show s thes t was real expertise and imported from somebody in syria and iraq or somebody already in francey these are things i guarantee the french police are thinking about, certainly the counter-terror team. they cornered these guys or one of these guys in an apartment complex, they have to be thi thinking what else do these guys have? they know they have arms. and you have to make sure the apartment is not rigged with explosives which could be a case in this situation that could demolish an entire neighborhood depending how much they have here. very good point, benjamin collins, former green beret. thank you for your service, by
not ten years ago but maybe nine years ago, eight years ago, after what took place here on our own shores on 9/11, we began getting a lot of chatter and actionable intelligence indicating at that time al qaeda wanted to attack soft targets and it looks like isis ripped it right out of the playbook, in fact they have and done it with a vengeance and with an act of cowardice attacking innocent people. benjamin collins, former green beret special forces when you re on the ground from a military standpoint, what can the green beret or special forces in france do to not only apprehend these forces but what can they do to prevent and thwart an attack? we heard from amy kellogg that
we are now looking at the scene at the saint-denis neighborhood where the raid began with two blasts followed by an hour of gunfire. we heard the gunfire earlier. an eruption of gunfire. you can hear an explosion and it is a wallet and see wait and see. we are told one person is holed up in that particular apartment building. two suspects and a passerby was killed. one was a female wearing a sigh side belt. another suspect was shot by a police sniper and an innocent passer by. we also know five people have been arrested in connection with this. we don t know if they are in other parts of the neighborhood or the staple neighborhood. on the phone is wallly and benjamin collins. again sir thank you for your service.
the operation was tied to last friday s string of terrorist attacks that left at least 129 people dead. you re listening to the gunfire that erupted as police moved into the neighborhood. let s listen. the key target of the raid was reportedly abdel hamid abud described as the mastermind of the attack. it s not far from the stadium which was targeted by three suicide bombers last week. explosions and heavy exchange of gunfire you ve been listening to erupted. at least four officers were wounded and two suspected terrorists killed. one was a woman who blew herself up with a vest and an innocent passerby was killed in that raid now more than five hours, five suspects are in custody, one remains hold up in the apartment and the fate of ababdelhamid abaaoud is unknown. what else can you tell us? well, i think what we are in right now is the quiet after the storm and maybe before the storm. as you noted there is at least one person still holed up in that apartment and it s a sta
to a close when word came from paris of a massive police raid in the northern suburb of saint-denis. we are listening to the gunfire that unfolded that ensued. let s listen. [gunfire]. all of that is happening overnight. it is there in paris and in that neighborhood of saint-denis. you recall the terrorist attacks left 129 people dead on friday the 13th across from the french capitol. the key target of the raid was described as the mastermind of the attacks. until now it had been thought he was hiding in syria. the scwat swat officers the s.w.a.t officers moved in and heavy gunfire erupted. at least four officers were wounded in this and two suspected it terrorists were killed. one was a woman who blew herself up with a suicide belt, an innocent pass esh passerby also killed in the raid. on the phone now with us is our fox news middle east and terrorism expert. what does this mean for the war on terrorism? it means a lot. if you look at the picture in addition to wh