Paris attacks: suspect arrested in Belgium

(VOVworld) – The most wanted fugitive from November’s Paris attacks – Salah Abdeslam – has been detained by police following a raid in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels. Friday’s operation follows a raid on Tuesday in the Brussels district of Forest where Abdeslam’s fingerprints were found in the raided apartment.

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Salah Abdeslam is on the run from police after the Paris attacks in November.
(Photo: DSK/AFP/Getty Images)

In a joint press conference with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, French President Francois Hollande said France will ask for Abdeslam to be extradited to France to question and judge.

Belgian security forces are tracking down subjects related to the Paris attacks on November 13th, killing more than 100 people, after investigation results showing that attackers prepared their plan in Belgium. Excluding Salah Abdeslam, 11 people suspected of involvement were arrested in Belgium.

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