Paris prosecutor,
Francois Molins, said on Wednesday that telephone surveillance and witnesses of the siege had led police to believe that the prime suspect was among the dead.
The
Belgian of
Moroccan descent had previously boasted in "
Islamic State" (IS) propaganda that he could travel undetected between
Europe and
Syria.
Police launched the seven-hour operation in northern Paris in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The raid left two people dead, including a woman, who police say blew herself up, and a man hit by projectiles and grenades. Seven people were also arrested, none of whom were Abaaoud.