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Suspected Terrorist Leader Abdelhamid Abaaoud Confirmed Dead

French police have confirmed the suspected ringleader in the Paris attacks was killed during yesterday’s seven-hour shootout in the suburb of Saint-Dennis. He was tracked down using a cellphone found in a trash bin near the Bataclan concert hall. Vivienne Walt, who reports from Paris for Time magazine, has an update.

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By Warren Olney • Nov 19, 2015 • 6m Listen

French police have confirmed the suspected ringleader in the Paris attacks was killed during yesterday’s seven-hour shootout in the suburb of Saint-Dennis. He was tracked down using a cellphone found in a trash bin near the Bataclan concert hall. Vivienne Walt, who reports from Paris for Time magazine, has an update.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?

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    Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    Vivienne Walt

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