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Police pay tribute to sniffer dog killed by terrorists

Police pay tribute to sniffer dog killed by terrorists
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A police dog killed in raid on terror suspects in Paris has been honoured on Twitter. The Police Nationale paid tribute to Diesel, appararently the

A police dog killed in raid on terror suspects in Paris has been honoured on Twitter.

The Police Nationale paid tribute to Diesel, appararently the only fatality they suffered in tackling a group of up to seven terrorist suspects.

The seven-year-old Belgian shepherd was killed in a raid in the Saint Denis area of the city.

[INFO] Diesel, malinois de 7 ans, chienne d'assaut du #RAID a été tuée par les terroristes dans l'opération en cours #SaintDenis

— Police Nationale (@PNationale) November 18, 2015

The police added that search and attack dogs were “indispensible” in their anti-terrorism operations.

Twitter users paid tribute under the hashtag #RIPDiesel

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