R.I.P. dear Diesel - "French police dog killed by jihadists during Paris raid"

[Surya Gayatri]

A French police dog named Diesel was killed Wednesday during a huge security services' operation against jihadists holed up in an apartment to the north of Paris, police said.

"Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian Shepherd, a female assault dog ... was killed by terrorists during the operation," according to the Twitter account of France's police.

The last photograph of what is believed to be Diesel, a French police dog killed in a raid against jihadists over the Paris attacks that killed 129 people

"Assault and explosives detection dogs are vital in the operations of RAID", the specialist anti-terrorist unit of the French police which launched the dawn assault targeting the suspected mastermind of Friday's attacks in Paris.

The hashtag #JeSuisChien (I am a dog) was trending on French Twitter after the announcement.

Two suspected jihadists were killed during the raid which saw automatic gunfire and explosions ring through the working class suburb since 4:00 am.

One of them was a woman who detonated an explosives vest.

https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/french-police-dog-killed-jihadists-during-paris-raid-130535495.html

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Bless you for making the ultimate sacrifice, darling Diesel. You will not be forgotten.

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. The vast, vast majority of the raid happened when it was still dark

Not really sure that that picture depicts the correct dog. The raid was over by the time the sun came up, pretty much.

[Surya Gayatri]

3. The pic and caption are from Yahoo, so can't say.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Yeah, I saw that

I don't think they're right. There didn't seem to be anymore shooting or explosions after dawn broke, and the Justice minister stated that the raid was over shortly after first light. Might be a different dog.

But yes, no way to tell at this point.

Sad for the dog in either case.

[restorefreedom]

2. ....

❤️🐶❤️

[BootinUp]

5. Picture of Diesel

https://twitter.com/PipTomson/status/666931460188848128

[Renew Deal]

7. .

[smirkymonkey]

9. Awww! Poor baby!

What a beautiful, noble creature!

[Surya Gayatri]

10. Pretty girl, brave girl. She gave her life for her human.

[KG]

6. time to stop using dogs for police and military follies.

[Renew Deal]

8. Hate to say it, but it's better to lose dogs than people

[Surya Gayatri]

11. In fact, they love the work. They're bred and trained to it,

and are never so happy as when they're on the job.

[melman]

12. another pic

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[spiderpig]

13. The medals make me cry n/t

[Tipperary]

14. Beautiful animal.

[joeybee12]

15. I hate when this happens...

They look to us for guidance because they trust so much...when it happens, I feel we've let them down.

[question everything]

16. Poor Diesel. Probably had no idea what hit him

R.I.P