Paris: A sniper fatally shot a terrorist while a woman suicide bomber blew herself up on Wednesday as elite police personnel mounted an over seven-hour operation in a suburb in Paris to catch the mastermind of the deadly Paris terror attack, authorities said.

French Minister Bernard Cazeneuve confirmed that the police assault was over and that two terrorists were dead and seven had been arrested. He paid tribute to the police personnel who have 'never before come under such gunfire', the media reported.