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Hasna Ait Boulahcen, Vilified As ‘Comedic,’ ‘First Woman,’ ‘Party Girl,’ Was Not Suicide Bomber

By Scott Hough
Published on: 14:01 PST, Nov 20, 2015

Hasna Ait Boulahcen, the cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who were both killed in a deadly eight-hour standoff with authorities on Wednesday, November 18, in Saint-Denis, France, has been exonerated for what was believed to be her role in detonating a suicide vest. Boulahcen’s body parts were reportedly found in ruble across the street while Abaaoud had to be identified using saliva and skin comparisons, reports the Daily Mail.

Originally thought to have detonated the vest after authorities stormed the apartment building where Abaaoud was located, Hasna Ait Boulahcen was said to have become “Europe’s first female suicide bomber.” Boulahcen was reported to have only recently become radicalized.

Other articles described Boulahcen as a “party girl.” Her friends described Boulahcen as not being particularly religious, as smoking and drinking, and of having “lots of boyfriends,” according to the Toronto Sun.

Boulahcen’s parents separated when she was young and she was said to have been raised by foster families.

Boulahcen’s brother Youssouf described her as being victimized by violent acts since she was very small. He described her as being rejected and mistreated throughout her youth. He also stated that he had never seen his sister read the Koran, and that she seemed to be more interested in Facebook and WhatsApp than religion or world politics.

Woman not suicide bomber.
Paris on November 20, 2015. [Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images]
Almost every account of the police raid in Saint-Denis indicates that Boulahcen made statements to police that could be viewed as asking for help. Police were reported to have traced Abaaoud to his location by monitoring Boulahcen’s cell phone.

When authorities asked Boulahcen where her boyfriend was, referring to Abaaoud, she was reported to have replied, “I’m not his girlfriend!”

The BBC quoted a member of the police raid who described Boulahcen as stating, “she was not linked to the terrorists, that she had nothing to do with them and wanted to surrender.” The officer then indicated that the police had acquired information, telling BBC, “we knew that she was trying to manipulate us.”

“Help me, help me! I am on fire,” witnesses claim Boulahcen screamed before she was blown up by a nearby suicide bomber, according to the Independent.

Believing that Boulahcen had been the one that detonated that suicide vest, the Toronto Sun described the moment as “almost comedic.”

There is no doubt that Boulahcen was mixed up with the very worst of the worst: ISIS terrorists, with the mastermind of the Paris attacks being her cousin. However, her final moments appear to be consistent with a plea for help, rather than any sort of desire to complete any jihadi mission.

Boulahcen’s brother Youssouf described receiving a call from his sister at about 7 p.m. on Sunday and becoming very concerned about her, because it sounded like she had “given up on life.” Youssouf rushed over to her house to make sure she was okay, but reportedly got no answer at the door and waited for 15 minutes. He then got tired of waiting and went home, only to have Boulahcen call him again. Frustrated with his sister for not answering the door when he came over to help her earlier, he hung up on her. He would never talk to her again.

“Finally on Wednesday morning I turned on the TV and I learned that she had killed herself, sacrificing the life that the Lord had given.”

The blog American Thinker notes that Hasna Ait Boulahcen would have passed “refugee vetting” within the past few months, describing her as the type of “modern” Muslim who would pass “any kind of vetting.” According to American Thinker, Boulahcen was “a semi-nude selfie-taking, hard drinking, hard smoking, promiscuous person,” and “the scariest type of terrorist, a true Soldier of Allah, anxious to kill infidel police at the cost of her own life.”

[Feature Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images]

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