Moroccan woman mistaken for Hasna Ait Boulahcen, the Paris suicide bomber

Bakkatha went to France when she was 15 and lived there for nine years

Update: 2015-11-24 13:15 GMT
Nabila Bakkatha, the Moroccan woman falsely portrayed in a section of media as Paris raid suicide bomber (Photo: YouTube screen grab)

Paris: A Moroccan woman, Nabila Bakkatha, has come out and said that she was shocked to see her photo being flashed all over the media as, Hasna Ait Boulahcen, the suicide bomber who killed herself during a raid last week targeting the Paris attacks mastermind.

Bakkatha  said, "I have no connection to terrorism. My only connection is that my photos were sold to the journalist who published it. The journalist did not research or anything, just published what he got."  

Bakkatha went to France when she was 15 and lived there for nine years till 2007.

According to Bakkatha, the photos were sold by a friend she had made while living in France. She said that she had a falling out with this friend and she possibly did this for revenge.

"The family that I haven't seen in a while thought I was the one who died," she said.

Reports suggest that Nabila wants to sue the woman who sold her photos and the journalist who bought them. She says she stopped going to work and lives in continuous fear.

Hasna Aitboulahcen, the woman who actually killed herself with a suicide vest, is believed to be a cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Islamic State terrorist who allegedly orchestrated the Paris attacks nearly two weeks ago, in which 129 people died. Abaaoud also died in the raid, France confirmed.

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