Abdelhamid Abaaoud

Abdelhamid Abaaoud
Abaaoud holding the Quran and an Islamic State flag
Born8 April 1987
Anderlecht, Belgium
Died18 November 2015(2015-11-18) (aged 28)
Saint-Denis, France
Cause of deathBallistic trauma
Nationality
  • Belgium
  • Morocco
[1][2]
Other namesAbdel-Hamid Abu Oud
Known forBrussels Islamic State terror cell
November 2015 Paris attacks
Military career
AllegianceIslamic State
Battles / warsSyrian 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 time 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.

  1. ^ "Aide du Maroc pour trouver le Belgo-Marocain Abaaoud, le roi reçu par Hollande" [Morocco's help finding the Belgo-Moroccan Abaaoud, King received by Holland]. Le Point International. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Saint-Denis: le renseignement marocain à l'origine de la localisation des terroristes" [Saint-Denis: Moroccan intelligence behind the location of terrorists]. RTBF. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ^ McDonnell, Patrick J; Zavis, Alexandra (19 November 2015). "Suspected Paris attack mastermind's Europe ties facilitated travel from Syria". Los Angeles Times, in the Sacramento Bee. Los Angeles, USA. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Suspected Mastermind of Paris Attacks Named". Sky News. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Paris attacks: Belgium has 'new information' on Salah Abdeslam". Financial Times. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Higgins 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Abaaoud – Profile of man behind Paris attacks". Sky News. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference David Connett was invoked but never defined (see the help page).