PARIS: Shooting broke out in a northern suburb of Paris during an anti-terrorist police operation,
sources said on Wednesday, five days after the worst attacks in French history killed 129 people in the capital.
There was an exchange of gunfire during the operation in Saint-Denis, according to a source close to the investigation, who could not confirm who was targeted in the operation. Another source said a special armed response unit took part in the raid. Firemen said one person was lightly injured.
The shootout came as France remains on high alert after a video revealed a ninth man may have taken part in the Paris attacks. Terror group Islamic State has claimed the bloodshed.
Police across Europe are hunting the newest suspect, after footage showed a third man in a car used by gunmen who opened fire at bars and restaurants in central Paris.
It is not clear if this ninth man is one of two suspected accomplices detained in Belgium or is on the run, potentially with 26-year-old fugitive Frenchman Salah Abdeslam who carried out one of the attacks at Bonne Biere cafe along with his suicide-bomber brother Brahim.
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday will hold a meeting to discuss proposals to extend the state of emergency declared after the worst attacks in French history for three months. It will then be put to vote by lawmakers Thursday and Friday.
In a sign of the nervousness gripping Europe after Friday's carnage, a football match between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled on Tuesday and the crowd evacuated after police acted on a "serious" bomb threat.
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