Paris ringleader killed
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1988: Born to Moroccan immigrants, grows up in Brussels district of Molenbeek

2010: Abaaoud and Salah Abdeslam – suspected eighth Paris attacker – jailed in Belgium for armed robbery

Early 2014: Abaaoud – also known as Abu Umar al Baljiki – joins Islamic State (IS) group in Syria

2014: IS propaganda video shows Abaaoud in pickup truck dragging mutilated bodies in Syria

May 24: Mehdi Nemmouche, jihadist of Franco-Algerian origin, kills four people at Jewish Museum in Brussels – Abaaoud known to have been in contact with Nemmouche 

Jan 14, 2015: Police raid in Verviers, Belgium, breaks up terror cell which Abaaoud is suspected to have helped organise and finance –
two conspirators shot dead

Belgian counterterrorism agencies trace calls with jihadists targeted in raid to cell phone in Greece believed to belong to Abaaoud

CIA and Greek police fail to find Abaaoud in Greece – he flees to Syria, taking 13-year-old brother Younes with him

Feb: IS English-language magazine Dabiq publishes interview in which Abaaoud brags about travelling through Europe unnoticed by security agencies

Apr-Aug: Abaaoud linked to foiled attack on church in Paris suburb of Villejuif, and to failed assault on Paris-bound high-speed train

Oct: French airstrike targets Abaaoud at IS training camp in Raqqa, but fails to locate him

Nov 18: Police raid apartment in Saint-Denis following Nov 13 Paris attacks that killed at least 129 people.  Two suspected terrorists killed

Nov 19: Abaaoud - suspected ringleader of Paris attacks - confirmed killed in St-Denis raid
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Pictures: AP, Belgian Interior Ministry

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