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Sven Mary a
lawyer of Abdeslam said he plans to take legal action against Paris
prosecutor Francois Molins for breaching the judicial
confidentiality.
He
told Belgian public broadcaster RTBF that Mr Molins' comments at a
news conference were "a violation... I cannot let it go
unchallenged".
Paris
prosecutor Francois Molins, said during the conference, referring to
Abdeslam's statement to Belgian police, "He wanted to blow
himself up at the Stade de France and, I quote, backed out."
Salah
Abdeslam is a French national, has been on the run since last
November 2015. He is a suspect thought to have masterminded the
attacks in the French capital, Paris that left 130 dead
March
18, 2016:
A
suspect has been shot and arrested in a police raid in the Molenbeek
area of Brussels on after a four-month international manhunt.
Abdeslam
is alleged to be the only survivor out of at least nine terrorists
who killed 130 people in Parisian restaurants, shops and a concert
venue the night of November 13, 2015.
“We
got him,” the Belgian secretary of state for asylum and migration
tweeted.
Police
said the 26-year-old was wounded in the leg and that a second person
was arrested during the operation.
Several
exchanges of gunfire could be heard in Molenbeek.
Security forces wearing black uniforms guarded a street. Reporters at the
scene described white smoke rising from a rooftop and also a
helicopter hovering overhead.
According
to the report it was about three hours after the raid began and at
least two more explosions were heard in the area.
A
Belgian media reported that a third man was arrested.
The
police operation was launched just as Belgian prosecutors confirmed
that Abdeslam’s fingerprints had been found at the apartment that
was raided in the Forest area of Brussels on Tuesday. Two suspects
ran away.
A
Belgian federal prosecutor, Eric van der Sypt, said it had not been
established how old the fingerprints were, or how long Abdeslam had
spent in the flat.
On
Tuesday, when French and Belgian police arrived to search the
apartment they were fired at from behind the door. A police sniper
shot one of the gunmen through a window. Mohamed Belkaïd, a
35-year-old Algerian was living illegally in Belgium. Mohamed had a
theft case in 2014.
The
Belgian prosecutor’s office said Belkaïd was “more than likely”
one of the key logistics operatives behind the Paris attacks who had
been sought by police under the false name of Samir Bouzid. Le Monde
reported that investigators believe a man using the name Samir Bouzid
had received the last text message “We’ve left, we’re on the
way” which was sent by three of the terrorists before they
attacked the Bataclan concert hall.
Abdeslam
had called friends to pick him up in Paris hours after the attacks.
Going to Belgium, it was said that the car was briefly stopped at the
border. Abdeslam’s ID was checked, but was allowed through.
Abdeslam,
a 26-year-old French national fled Paris to Belgium by car after the
13 November attacks that killed 130 people. Abdeslam's elder brother
was among the suicide bombers who killed themselves in Paris during
that shooting rampage.
Police
believe he also played a key role in the logistics of the Paris
attacks and with the three suicide bombers who blew themselves up at
the Stade de France as part of the coordinated assault.
A
fingerprint belonging to Abdeslam was found in one apartment also
traces of explosives, possible suicide belts and a drawing of a
person wearing a large belt.
Authorities
also found DNA traces of Bilal Hadfi, another of the attackers who
blew himself up with a bomb vest near the French national stadium
during the attacks.
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