Arrest Chronology Paris Terror Suspect in Brussels
Arrest Chronology Paris Terror Suspect in Brussels
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BRUSSEL - The most wanted fugitive from November's Paris attacks was arrested after a shootout with police in Brussels on Friday (18/3).
Media reported Salah Abdeslam, the 26 year old French suspect, was wounded in the operation as EU leaders met on the other side of the city to discuss Europe's migration crisis.
"We got him," Belgium's Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Theo Francken, said on Twitter.
As reported Reuters, several exchanges of gunfire rang out in the city's Molenbeek area, the scene of past investigations into the Paris attacks and police officers were seen surrounding an apartment block there.
French President Francois Hollande and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel left the summit to discuss the operation, officials said.
Television footage showed black clad security forces wearing balaclavas guarding a street. Reporters at the scene described white smoke rising from a rooftop and a helicopter hovering overhead.
Media reported two people had been arrested, a third suspect may have been involved and Abdeslam had been wounded in the leg, though there were conflicting accounts.
Belgian police had found fingerprints belonging to Abdeslam at the scene of an apartment raided on Tuesday, prosecutors said earlier.
Read more: Paris Attacks Suspect Shot and Wounded in Brussels Anti Terror Raid
Media reported Salah Abdeslam, the 26 year old French suspect, was wounded in the operation as EU leaders met on the other side of the city to discuss Europe's migration crisis.
"We got him," Belgium's Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Theo Francken, said on Twitter.
As reported Reuters, several exchanges of gunfire rang out in the city's Molenbeek area, the scene of past investigations into the Paris attacks and police officers were seen surrounding an apartment block there.
French President Francois Hollande and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel left the summit to discuss the operation, officials said.
Television footage showed black clad security forces wearing balaclavas guarding a street. Reporters at the scene described white smoke rising from a rooftop and a helicopter hovering overhead.
Media reported two people had been arrested, a third suspect may have been involved and Abdeslam had been wounded in the leg, though there were conflicting accounts.
Belgian police had found fingerprints belonging to Abdeslam at the scene of an apartment raided on Tuesday, prosecutors said earlier.
Read more: Paris Attacks Suspect Shot and Wounded in Brussels Anti Terror Raid
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