Police dog killed in raid targeting Paris attacks mastermind

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
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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.

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