Abdelhamid Abaaoud | |
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![]() Abaaoud holding the Quran and a Islamic State flag | |
Born | 8 April 1987 Anderlecht, Belgium |
Died | 18 November 2015 Saint-Denis, France | (aged 28)
Cause of death | Ballistic trauma |
Nationality |
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Other names | Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud |
Known for | Brussels ISIL terror cell November 2015 Paris attacks |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Battles/wars | Syrian Civil War (2014–15) |
Abdelhamid Abaaoud (Arabic: عبد الحميد ابعود, romanized: ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ʾAbā ʿŪd; 8 April 1987 – 18 November 2015) was a Belgian-born Islamic terrorist who had spent most of his life in Syria[3] and was suspected of having organized multiple terror attacks in Belgium and France, and is known to have masterminded the November 2015 Paris attacks.[4] Prior to the Paris attacks, there was an international arrest warrant issued for Abaaoud for his activities in recruiting individuals to Islamic terrorism in Syria.[5]
Abaaoud was also known as Abu Omar Soussi (Arabic: أبو عمر السوسي, meaning "Abu Omar the Susian", his Moroccan family's place of origin) and as Abu Omar al-Baljīkī (Arabic: أبو عمر البلجيكي, meaning Abu Omar the Belgian),[6][7] both of which were noms de guerre.[8]
He died from wounds received during an armed raid conducted by French authorities in the suburb of Saint-Denis in north Paris.
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