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Third Body Found In Paris-Area Raid

Firemen leave the building of Wednesday's raid on an apartment in Paris suburb Saint-Denis, Thursday Nov.19, 2015.
Christophe Ena AP
Firemen leave the building of Wednesday's raid on an apartment in Paris suburb Saint-Denis, Thursday Nov.19, 2015.

The prosecutor's office in Paris confirms the body of a woman is among three bodies found in the wreckage of Wednesday's police raid of an apartment in the Paris suburb of St. Denis.

The prosecutor's office said she is Hasna Aitboulahcen. A handbag with her passport was found at the scene.

Police had already identified the body of the alleged ringleader in Friday's Paris massacre, Abelhamid Abaaoud, killed in the same raid.

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The third body remains unidentified.

And new information is emerging about Abaaoud's potential role in Friday's attacks, which left 129 people dead.

Lauren Frayer reports to NPR's newscast:

Surveillance video reportedly shows Abdelhamid Abaaoud in a Paris metro station last Friday night - just after the attacks. French media say the video shows him jumping over a turnstile at a station in eastern Paris - close to where a suspected getaway car was later found. That suggests Abaaoud was in Paris and may have actively taken part in the attacks, rather than just planning them.

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