3rd body found at scene of Paris suburb raid linked to attacks: prosecutors

Police said that the body is of a woman but her identity is unclear

Paris

: The Paris prosecutor's office says that a third body was found overnight in an apartment raided by police searching for suspects in last week's Paris attacks.

The office said in a statement Friday that the body is that of a woman but her identity is unclear.

Prosecutors earlier identified one of the others killed in Wednesday's raid in Saint-Denis as suspected mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud.

Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins' office said 27-year-old Abdelhamid Abaaoud was identified based on skin samples. His body was found in the apartment building targeted in the chaotic and bloody raid in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Wednesday.

Police launched the operation after receiving information from tapped phone calls, surveillance and tipoffs suggesting that Abaaoud was holed up there.

Killed along with Abaaoud was a woman who blew herself up with an explosives vest at the beginning of the raid. Eight people were arrested.

Three police officials say the woman killed during a raid on an apartment in suburban Paris was the cousin of Abaaoud.