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Reports suggest the target of the police siege in Saint-Denis is Abdelhamid Abaaoud, thought to be the mastermind behind the Paris attacks. 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<!-- Optional photo caption --> <p>French special police forces secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis</p> <!-- Optional photo credits --> <p class="credits">Reuters</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="31"> <h2> <span class="counter">31/33</span> <!-- Optional photo title --> </h2> <!-- Optional photo caption --> <p>Firemen wait for the develop of the operation in the city center of Saint-Denis</p> <!-- Optional photo credits --> <p class="credits"> EPA</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="32"> <h2> <span class="counter">32/33</span> <!-- Optional photo title --> </h2> <!-- Optional photo caption --> <p>French police secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis</p> <!-- Optional photo credits --> <p class="credits">Reuters</p> </li> <li data-gallery-legend="33"> <h2> <span class="counter">33/33</span> <!-- Optional photo title --> </h2> <!-- Optional photo caption --> <p>French special police forces secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis</p> <!-- Optional photo credits --> <p class="credits">Reuters</p> </li> </ul><div class="ad-mpu mpu5-container"> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- END scald=4028331 --></div></div> <p>All of them are EU passport holders, and while some were born in Morocco, others were born and raised in France and Belgium before being radicalised. </p> <div class="relatedlinkslist inline-block-related-list inline-block-left" style=""> <h2 class="box-title">Read more</h2> <div class="relatedlinkslist-content"> <ul class="related"><li><a href="/web/20161014182237/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/abdelhamid-abaaoud-everything-we-know-about-the-paris-attacks-mastermind-a6738776.html">Abdelhamid Abaaoud: What we know about the Paris attacks 'mastermind'</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20161014182237/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/paris-attacks-spike-in-islamophobic-hate-crime-in-uk-following-terror-attacks-a6738641.html">Spike in Islamophobic hate crime in UK following Paris terror 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passports were being checked against the EU’s anti-terrorism watchlist in some countries.</p> <p>Just 10-20 per cent of EU citizens have their passports checked against a database designed to catch foreign fighters returning from Syria and Iraq, the paper claimed. </p> <p>This means that 'home-grown jihadists' are able to travel freely from Syria to Europe. </p> <div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-image"><div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><!-- scald=4022536:sdl_editor_representation --><div class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161014182237im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_medium/public/thumbnails/image/2015/11/15/22/salahparis.jpg" width="479" height="353" alt="salahparis.jpg" title="salahparis.jpg"/></div><!-- END scald=4022536 --></div><div class="dnd-caption-wrapper">Salah Abdeslam, the 26-year-old who is wanted for his part in Friday's killings</div></div> <p>Melissa Fleming, a UNHCR spokesperson, told a 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