Brothers were normal guys. He didnt even know they were radicalized. He said they wore jeans and sweaters and only sporadically went to the mosque. He called on them to turn themselves in, to let justice take care of itself. He said that his family feels for all the victims but he also wanted people to note that his mother has been suffering as well. Youre actually in france. We know across the border in belgium it was believed at one point that onef those militants who escapap the raid may have actually crosseded the border. And we were in a similar situation j jt a couple dayay ago outside of a home where we thought he was inside. Can you tell us about that and what happened . Reporter theres been this helterskelter search for these now two suspects that are believed not to have detonated their explosives devices on friday night. Most of those attackers, the eight that we knew of until we knew of a ninth about yesterday, they detonated their suicide vests. So a number of them are dea
Could be considered a suspect. No reports on who was arrested or the exact target. But as alex just mentioned, clearly the number one target right now in the french crosshairs, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, is someone whos suspected to have been in this location. And thats why we noticed police being so jittery. Weve been here for a few days, and it has been clear that france is on high alert and that theyre extremelyly eager and keen on finding the suspects in this case and having the mastermind right here in northern paris of both of these attacks, as alex said, is not only an embarrassment, it also speaks to what has happened with french intelligence. What seems to be an entire collapse in the ability to discern whether or not their top target is in fact right beneath their noses. What we can say is thaha still hundreds and hundreds of Police Officers, heavily armed, wearing body armor around their their chests with automatic weapons have b bn spread out around this perimeter ordering people
Didnt know whats going on and what we heard, we thought it was like a shooting or something. But then she told us that the police were intervening. So we could hear shootings. And we could hear the helicopters flying. She told me that she was woken up by a huge explosion. Police stormed into the building and told her to duck down on the floor. She was with her husband and her baby. And then she got really scared and she spent two hours lying down on the floor. Police told her to stay down, remain there while they were conducting the operation. Then they told her they evacuated her and told her to go to city hall. Thats where she she told me it was a very traumatic experience. You were just looking at live pictures from the french suburb of saintdenis where police raids have just completed, were told. We will be going in just a few minutes to brad garrett, former fbi special agent, to recap exactly whats being whats going on here in america. Stay with us. Youre watching world news now.
There paris suburb. What are you hearing on the ground right now . Reporter weve seen a nqmber of people being led out with their hands on their heads. We dont know if they were arrested. Entire area, in the perimeter, has to be probably about half a square mile, has been ordered to stay in their home. So anybody whos out and about could be considered a suspect. No reports on who was arrested or the exact target. But as alex just mentioned, clearly the number one target right now in the french crosshairs, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, is someone whos suspected to have been in this location. And thats why we noticed police being so jittery. Weve been here for a few days, and it has been clear that france is on high alert and that theyre extremely eager and keen on finding the suspects in this case and having the mastermind right here in northern paris of both of these attacks, as alex said, is not only an embarrassment, it also speaks to what has happened with french intelligence. What seems to b
Grenades that police used to stun people when they carry out these raids. What we understand from the Paris Prosecutors Office is that five arrests were made. Three from inside that Apartment Building that is about 200 yards down the road from us and two other people, a man and a woman who were near that Apartment Building. Now, the big question this morning is whether one of those five people arrested is abdelhamid abaaoud. He is believed to be the ringleader, the organizer of this series of attacks that took place on friday night that left 129 people dead. He is a 27yearold belgian that was believed to be in syria with isis. He is a prominent member of isis. He has been featured in many of their propaganda videos trying to recruit fellow europeans, fellow french speakers, but also in some of the more barbaric propaganda videos as well in which they show the executions of those who have turned or those they accuse of turning against isis. So as i mentioned, he was believed to be in sy