Police dog killed in raid targeting Paris attacks mastermind

SAINT-DENIS, France (WPVI) -- Authorities in France confirm that a Belgian police dog was killed in Wednesday morning's raid in suburban Paris targeting the suspected mastermind of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris.

A tweet by France's National Police said the SWAT team assault dog named Diesel was "killed by terrorists" during the raid in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.



The death of the 7-year-old dog was confirmed at 11:40 a.m. Paris time, about seven hours after the raid began.

Two suspects died in the assault, one of them a female suicide bomber. Seven people were arrested.

Several police officers were slightly injured.



The Associated Press contributed to this report.