Saint-Denis raid's female suicide bomber Hasna Aitboulahcen ‘outgoing woman who loved to drink’

Europe’s first known female suicide bomber, Hasna Aitboulahcen, was once known as an outgoing woman who loved to wear cowboy hats and drink alcohol.

The 26-year-old woman is the cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged Islamic State (IS) mastermind behind the Paris attacks on November 13 that killed 129 people.

She screamed “help me” to police in the early hours of Wednesday morning in a bid to lure them closer to the building in which she hid Abaaoud.