BREAKING NEWS: Woman in a suicide belt is killed by police In Paris

A female terror suspect wearing a suicide vest is believed to have blown herself up as police were involved in a gunfight with up to five other suspected Paris terrorists including the mastermind of Friday's massacres.

SWAT teams and special forces have surrounded an apartment in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis - close to the Stade de France - in a siege that started at 4.30am this morning.