Paris Attacks: Saint-Denis Raid Leaves 2 Suspects Dead, 7 Arrested

The French police's latest raid in Saint-Denis, a Paris suburb, has left two terrorist suspects dead and seven arrested in relation to the Paris attacks last week.

According to the reports, a female suicide bomber had detonated her explosive vest, killing herself and one other suspect before the police could enter the apartment.

The raid, which started Wednesday at around 4:15 a.m. Paris time, targeted a Belgian national, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, who is suspected of being the mastermind behind the three terrorist attacks that killed 129 people and injured more than 300 last Friday. It is unclear whether or not the police was successful at arresting Abaaoud.

No details regarding the arrested suspects, except for the means of their arrest, have been released. Molins stated that three were found inside the apartment, two were found outside of the apartment and two more were found "hiding in the rubble."

"It is currently impossible to give you the identities of the people who were arrested, which are being verified," Paris prosecutor, François Molins, said to the reporters after the seven-hour raid, via the New York Times. "Everything will be done to determine who is who."

Molins revealed that eyewitness statements and information gathered from cellphones led them to the apartment.

"A lot of work was done as part of this investigation, which made it possible to obtain, through phone records, surveillance and testimony, elements that could have suggested that the man named Abaaoud was potentially in an apartment used for plotting in St.-Denis," Molins said.

The owner of the apartment, Jawad Ben Dow, was also arrested. Dow stated that he was doing a friend a favor when he lent his apartment to the men, who he claimed were seeking a place to pray.

"I didn't know they were terrorists," he said. "Someone asked me to put two people up for three days and I did them a favor."

A total of 110 police officers were involved in the operation. At the beginning of the raid, a series of explosions and gunfire could be heard. Seven officers were lightly injured and one police dog, Diesel, 7, was killed.

Since the attacks on Paris, President François Hollande has stated, "we are at war." The President plans on traveling to several other countries, which include Russia and the United States, to further discuss plans about moving against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh.

"What the terrorists were targeting was what France represents. This is what was attacked on the night of November 13th," Hollande said. "These barbarians targeted France's diversity. It was the youth of France who were targeted simply because they represent life."

Hollande will be presenting new legislation to parliament that would extend the nation's state of emergency for another three months. The additional time would give authorities more leeway at conducting searches and arresting suspects.