A French police dog was tragically killed leading the charge in a raid on the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks Tuesday.
French police sent the seven-year-old female Belgian Shepherd named Diesel in first in the raid, and she was killed when a woman in a suicide vest blew herself up. Officers raided the building soon after. Five police were injured. One woman blew herself up and another man was killed by police.
The French police tweeted that “assault and explosives search dogs are indispensable in the missions of the operators of the raid.”
Les chiens d’assaut et de recherche d’explosifs: indispensables dans les missions des opérateurs du #RAID pic.twitter.com/vb5lGjnwjO
— Police Nationale (@PNationale) November 18, 2015
Twitter users began adding the hashtags #JeSuisChien #SaintDenis and #NotAllHeroesAreHuman commemorate the brave pup.
Je pense que c’est pas parce que ce n’est pas un homme qu’il faut négliger sa mort. RIP. 🙏🏼🌹#SaintDenis pic.twitter.com/Cin41D2vXW — #prayforparis✨ (@SaraAfMa) November 18, 2015
Waking up and looking through Twitter to find a police dog helping prevent another terrorist attack in Paris died?😢What a hero. #SaintDenis — Tori Clark (@TClarkWREX) November 18, 2015
#SaintDenis rip a diesel qui laisse un orphelin pic.twitter.com/vzWFrAGdHN — selimmuse (@selimmuse4) November 18, 2015
Diesel. Morte pour la France. #JeSuisChien ❤️ pic.twitter.com/nSIzCDEufL — Carole Quintaine (@CaroleQuintaine) November 18, 2015
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