The fate of the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, remains unknown after a massive police raid in Paris yesterday that left at least two dead.

Police believed the main suspect was in an apartment in Saint-Denis to the north of Paris, triggering a ferocious seven-hour shootout.

At least two people were killed - a woman is thought to have blown herself up with a suicide vest and another body was found riddled with bullets and has so far been unidentifiable.

More than 5,000 bulletts were fired the operation.

French prosecutor Francois Molins says a "terrorist threat" WAS stopped: