SAINT-DENIS, France --
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.
[INFO] Diesel, malinois de 7 ans, chienne d'assaut du #RAID a été tuée par les terroristes dans l'opération en cours #SaintDenis
— Police Nationale (@PNationale) November 18, 2015
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.
FINAL MOMENT: You can see Diesel the police dog walking to her last job. She was killed in the #SaintDenis raid. pic.twitter.com/Almm7CGJCY
— Natasha Zouves ABC7 (@NatashaABC7) November 18, 2015
Several police officers were slightly injured.
Les chiens d'assaut et de recherche d'explosifs: indispensables dans les missions des opérateurs du #RAID pic.twitter.com/vb5lGjnwjO
— Police Nationale (@PNationale) November 18, 2015
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
