PARIS, Nov 18 – The suspected Islamic State militants holed up in a northern Paris apartment following a raid by French police had planned an attack on La Defense business district in Paris, a source has close to the investigation said here on Wednesday.

Gunfire and explosions shook the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis early on Wednesday as French police surrounded an apartment where a Belgian Islamist militant suspected of masterminding last week’s attacks in the French capital was believed to be holed up.

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