Hasna Aitiboulahcen, was the female suicide bomber who blew herself up during the police raid in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Wednesday. The 26-year-old, is said to have loved going to clubs, drank alcohol, smoked and went around with lots of different guys.
Amin Abou, who lived near Hasna Ait Boulahcen in the French border town of Creutzwald, said she had a bad reputation.
Aitiboulahcen regularly visited the town to visit her father as they rebuilt a relationship after her adoption.
“She drank alcohol and smoked and went around with lots of different guys. She had a bad reputation. She had lots of boyfriends, but nothing serious.
“She had no real friends, just people to hang out with. I think she had a lot of personal issues, with her family. She didn’t live with her mum she grew up in children’s homes.
“She has a brother who is mentally disabled and used to live in a home in Marseilles.
“She grew up in St Denis – a very bad area. And when you don’t have family it’s easier to get into bad things.’
Another friend, Mattius Jacques, 24, said: “She was normal. She wore Western clothes, she never wore hijab. She didn’t go to mosque or pray. She never spoke about the news or Palestine or anything, she wasn’t religious at all. She was like you and me.