Paris ringleader killed

1988:

Abdelhamid

Abaaoud 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