Female suspect wanted in Paris attack believed in Syria via Turkey

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This comabination of images released on January 9, 2015 by the French police shows Hayat Boumeddiene (L) and Amedy Coulibaly (R), suspected of being involved in the killing of a policewoman in Montrouge on January 8.  [Xinhua photo]



The female suspect wanted in the Paris terror attacks is believed to have entered Turkey earlier this month and is now possibly in Syria, according to media reports on Saturday.

Hayat Boumeddiene, who is considered to be connected with a spree of terrorist attacks in Paris, is believed to have entered Turkey on January 2nd, CNN quoted a Turkish prime ministry source as saying.

If the source could be proved true, then it would mean that Boumeddiene was not in France when Thursday's deadly attacks occurred.

A screen grab from CNN's latest report shows three of the four terror suspects have been killed, and one female suspect still at large, Jan 9, 2015. 



The Turkish police have a track of her movements, according to the source, adding that Ankara did not arrest her due to a lack of timely intelligence from France.

Turkish authorities reportedly informed French officials that Boumeddiene traveled from Turkey to Syria on Thursday.

The suspected female accomplice of Islamists behind attacks in Paris had a return ticket for Istanbul and Madrid on Friday, but she did not use the ticket.

Also on Saturday, French authorities said they believe that Boumeddiene has reached Syria from Turkey.

Boumeddiene is the wanted partner of a man who shot dead a policewoman and four people at a Jewish supermarket in France earlier this week.

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