A body is removed from the apartment raided by French Police special forces in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, on November 18, 2015 PHOTO: AFP
Elite police launched a massive assault on the apartment on Wednesday as part of the manhunt for suspects linked to the killing of 129 people in Paris attacks.
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During a violent exchange of gunfire, one of the people inside the apartment detonated an explosives vest.
After the raid the body of the suicide bomber was found, as was the bullet-riddled corpse of the man suspected of orchestrating the attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
The apartment was severely damaged in the raid and police have now uncovered a third body, a woman, in the rubble.
A statement by prosecutors Friday said a handbag was found containing the passport of Abaaoud's female cousin Hasna Ait Boulahcen, who was suspected of dying in the raid.
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The identity of the third body was not disclosed by the prosecutors.
Police on Thursday raided the home of Boulahcen's mother as it emerged the 26-year-old woman had transformed from a party girl who liked wearing cowboy hats to someone who adopted the full-faced veil six months ago.
"She was unstable, she created her own bubble. She wasn't looking to study religion, I have never even seen her open a Quran," her brother told AFP.
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