Abdelhamid Abaaoud
Abdelhamid Abaaoud | |
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Abaaoud holding the Quran and an Islamic State flag | |
| Born | 8 April 1987 Anderlecht, Belgium |
| Died | 18 November 2015 (aged 28) Saint-Denis, France |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Other names | Abdel-Hamid Abu Oud |
| Known for | Brussels Islamic State terror cell November 2015 Paris attacks |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Islamic State |
| Conflicts | 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 French Islamic terrorist who had spent time in Syria and was suspected of having organized multiple terror attacks in Belgium and France, and is known to have masterminded and participated in the November 2015 Paris attacks. 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.
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), both of which were noms de guerre.
He died from wounds received during an armed raid conducted by French authorities in the suburb of Saint-Denis in north Paris.