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#JeSuisChien: Internet mourns French police dog

By Nov 22, 2015

Diesel's death led to an outpouring of support and grief, with many taking to social media to pay tribute to the fallen dog, hashtagging photos of pets with #JeSuisDiesel or .

Two people died and a five police officers were injured when police stormed buildings where terror suspects were believed to be hiding out.

The dog was a 7-year-old malinois, or Belgian shepherd, named Diesel.

Pet owners uploaded photos of their dogs with a small French flag, donned in tricolors, or with a note with the hashtags, making it viral.

The police dog, named Diesel, died Wednesday during an apartment raid against suspects connected to the recent terror attacks on Paris.


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Russian Federation offered Saturday to send France an Alsatian puppy to replace a police dog killed in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in and around Paris November 13. Seconds later, she detonated a bomb she was wearing, killing Diesel.

The violent showdown unfolded in Saint-Denis, a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, not far from the Stade de France.

It is understood that the "mastermind" behind Friday's attack, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, is among the suspects involved in the shootout.

It first resulted in the arrest of three people in an apartment.

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

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