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Belgian Court Sentences Paris Attack Suspect Salah Abdeslam To 20-Year Term

3:32pm April 23, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Abdeslam still faces trial over the 2015 Paris attacks. But a Belgian court punished him for attempted terrorist murder, related to the shootout that ended his time on the run in 2016.

A police officer guards the entrance of the judicial police headquarters in Paris. The French prosecutor's office said Salah Abdeslam, the key suspect in the Paris attacks, was transferred from Belgium to France on Wednesday morning.

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Key Paris Attacks Suspect Salah Abdeslam Extradited To France

9:10am April 27, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Abdeslam, who is believed to be the only surviving participant of the attacks in Paris last November, was captured in Brussels in March. He's expected to appear before a French judge today.

Belgian police officers stand in Albert I square in Brussels, where authorities arrested Mohamed Abrini, a key Paris attacks suspect, on Friday.

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Brussels Attackers Had Planned To Strike Paris Instead, Investigators Say

10:56am April 10, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Belgian officials say the attackers changed shifted their target as investigators closed in on them. The information emerged after authorities arrested and interrogated key suspects.

Police patrol outside the council chamber of Brussels on Thursday during ongoing investigations into the Paris and Brussels terrorist attacks. More than 30 people have been identified as being involved in a network behind the Paris attacks on Nov. 13, wit

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Brussels Unites In Grief As Search For Attacker — Or Attackers — Continues

3:43pm March 24, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Police are still determining the number of suspects involved. Meanwhile, Salah Abdeslam, the suspect in the Paris attacks who was arrested last week, now says he is not fighting extradition to France.

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Belgian Police Identify Suspected Accomplice Of Salah Abdeslam

1:23pm March 21, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Police say they've learned the true identity of one of the people allegedly involved in supporting the Paris attacks. That suspect is Laachroui Najim, who used a fake name and is wanted for arrest.

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Sven Mary, Belgian lawyer of Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, talks to the media outside the building of the Federal Police in Brussels on Saturday. Mary says Abdeslam is fighting extradition to France.

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Captured Paris Terror Suspect Abdeslam Facing Charges, Fighting Extradition

3:24pm March 19, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Salah Abdeslam, who had evaded capture for more than four months, has been charged with participating in a terrorist murder. His lawyer says he is refusing to be extradited back to France.

Belgian policemen walk in a street during a police action in the Molenbeek neighborhood in Brussels on Friday.

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Paris Attacks Suspect Salah Abdeslam Is Captured During Raid In Brussels

4:59pm March 18, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Abdeslam had evaded capture for more than four months after the terrorist attacks that killed 130 people on Nov. 13.

Journalists descended on a street in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek, where police found three belts for possible use in suicide attacks, traces of explosives and a fingerprint of wanted Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam.

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Brussels Police Find Traces Of Bombs In Apartment Linked To Paris Attacks

3:57pm January 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

A fingerprint of Paris bombing suspect Salah Abdeslam has been found in an apartment in the Schaerbeek district of Brussels, officials say, along with traces of explosives and handmade belts.

Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins delivers a press conference Tuesday about the Nov. 13 attacks that claimed 130 lives in the French capital.

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Latest In Paris Attacks: Prosecutor Said More Violence Was In The Works

6:50pm November 24, 2015

by Laura Wagner

And in Belgium, police are searching for a new suspect. They say the man, who is "armed and dangerous," was seen with fugitive suspect Salah Abdeslam days before the Paris attacks.

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Explosive Belt Found In Paris Contained The Same Materials Used In Deadly Attacks

6:40pm November 23, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Analysts say the belt could belong to the eighth alleged attacker, Salah Abdeslam, whom police are trying to find.