Woman in a Suicide Belt Killed By Police' at Paris Apartment

A female terror suspect wearing a suicide vest is believed to have blown herself up as police were involved in a gunfight with up to five other suspected Paris terrorists including the mastermind of Friday's massacres.

SWAT teams and special forces have surrounded an apartment in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis - close to the Stade de France - in a siege that started at 4.30am this morning.

French media are reporting the architect of the plan that killed 129 people, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, who was believed to be in Syria, is inside the flat.

A woman is said to have blown herself up as armed police stormed an apartment block and another man inside is believed to have been shot dead by a sniper. An innocent person on the street may have been killed. 

The chief suspect Salah Abdeslam, 26, who was last seen by police trying to enter Belgium in the hours after the attacks involving nine gunmen, may also be inside.

Automatic gunfire and at least seven loud explosions, caused by the suicide bomber and possibly hand grenades, have been heard as the siege continues.

Source:Dailymail