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A young woman who detonated a suicide belt during a police raid in Paris was the cousin of the alleged planner of Friday's series of attacks in the city, French media reports.
The Reuters news agency says the woman is related to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who police are seeking in connection with the bombs.
She is said to be named Hasna Aitboulahcen, and is aged 26.
The broadcaster RTL says the woman had previously worked as a manager in the construction industry in the northern Paris suburb of Epinay-sur-Seine.
The explosion, thought to have been detonated by a suicide belt, took place in the Saint-Denis district in the north of Paris.
Police are trying to establish whether the woman warned suspected accomplices before she detonated her suicide belt, according to French television channel TF1.
What do we know about the Paris attackers? She is believed to have made a phone call before her death.
In pictures: Saint-Denis raidShow all 33 1 /33In pictures: Saint-Denis raid In pictures: Saint-Denis raid A man is arrested by police officers at the site where a raid happened in the city center of Saint-Denis, near Paris
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Hooded police officers detain a man in Saint-Denis, near Paris
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Hooded police officers detain a man in Saint-Denis, near Paris
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Police officers detain a man on the ground inside a shopping mall in Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Police officers arrest a man in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French police officers storm a church after a raid in Paris suburb Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Police officers at work at the site where a raid happened in the city center of Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Some people are being transferred to a local hospital near the site of this morning police raid in Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Residents are evacuated in Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Inhabitants are evacuated from a security perimeter set in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis city center
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Families are evacuated by police members at the site were a police raid happened in the city center of Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Rescue teams take care of an injured police officer at the site where a police raid happened in the city center of Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Members of special French RAID forces with a police dog and French riot police (CRS) secure the area during an operation in Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Police forces operate in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French riot police (CRS), soldiers, firefighters and health workers stand at the scene in Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French riot police (CRS) secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Rescue teams and police gather at the site where raid happened in the city center of Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Soldiers operate in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Police officers take up positions in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Police and Ambulance vans are parked in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid A resident is being searched by police officers in Paris suburb Saint-Denis
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Members of French police special forces in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis city center, as French Police special forces raid an appartment, hunting those behind the attacks that claimed 129 lives in the French capital
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Anti-terrorist police raid apartment in Saint Denis, Paris. Reports suggest the target of the police siege in Saint-Denis is Abdelhamid Abaaoud, thought to be the mastermind behind the Paris attacks. Three suspected terrorists have barricaded themselves in an apartment gunfire has been exchanged between the men and dozens of armed police
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French special police forces secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French police evacuate residents in Saint-Denis
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Police officers take up positions in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Police forces prepare in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French spolice stop and search a local resident as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis
In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French police members participate in an raid in the city center of Saint-Denis
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French special police forces secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid Firemen wait for the develop of the operation in the city center of Saint-Denis
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French police secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis
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In pictures: Saint-Denis raid French special police forces secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis
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Amateur video footage from the scene shows police special forces shouting “Where is your boyfriend?” to the woman. She replied “He’s not my boyfriend!” before the incident escalated.
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