Paris attacks: Woman suicide bomber shouted ‘help me’ before blowing herself up

The 26-year-old was already on the intelligence radar

London

: The blonde haired woman, believed to be the cousin of Paris attacks mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud, shouted ''help me! help me!\" before blowing herself in the heated moments of the Saint Denis raid.

According to a report in the DailyMail, the woman named Hasna Aitboulahcen, who is also considered the first suicide bomber to operate in Europe, appeared on the window of the flat where the terrorists were holed up shortly after 6 am. There was a brief lull in the exchange of fire between the terrorists and the police forces, when the woman appeared on the third floor window. She looked down and yelled out for help.

Though the police asked her to identify herself, the woman didn't reveal her face, but put up her arms. She then withdrew her hands out of sight.

She repeated this several times, before shooting resumed. \"The police shouted at her to keep her hands in the air. They told her they would shoot. And the shooting resumed. The police were firing from the roof of the opposite building. Suddenly there was an enormous explosion. It was probably the woman who blew herself up,\" the report quoted an eyewitness saying. Pieces of human flesh were thrown into the street, and bits of skin and ribs could still be seen lying there, the witness added.

Before detonating the explosives, the woman cried out Allahu Akbar (God is great).

Recalling the previous day, when Hasna Aitboulahcen walked past him to the local KFC, another eye witness, Mahdi Hadi, said \"She was not pretty. She was wearing a denim jacket and jeans, and white scarf. I did not think she looked French, maybe Brazilian. She had frizzy hair and was not wearing a headscarf. She walked past me and went into the KFC, and came back with some food and went into the flat. She was totally casual and relaxed, nothing seemed to be worrying her.\"

Hasna, a French Moroccan national, grew up in Paris, and had her own business, which closed down in 2014. It is believed that the 26-year-old was already on the intelligence radar.