Gun battle reported as French police launch anti-terror raid on Paris suburb

French police launched a major anti-terror operation early Wednesday against suspects holed up in an apartment in a Paris suburb where one of Friday night's terror attacks took place.

A police source told Reuters the operation was aimed at apprehending one of two fugitives believed to have taken part in the assaults which killed 129 people and injured at least 350 others.

A police official told the Associated Press that there have been exchanges of gunfire and special SWAT teams are on the scene. Police have cordoned off the area nearby, including a pedestrian zone lined with shops and 19th-century apartment buildings.

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