Salah Abdeslam, one of the terrorists who planned the Paris attack that took place in November 2015 and took the lives of over 100 people has been captured.
Abdeslam, who has been in hiding since the attack was captured today in Brussels after a police search that led to a shootout. The runaway terrorist was wounded during the operation and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
According to the Belgian federal prosecutors, Salah Abdeslam’s fingerprints were found in a Brussels apartment that was searched on Tuesday. At that apartment, one of the terrorist was shot dead while four of the police officers that partook in the raid were injured.
Abdeslam was one of five suspects, including three that helped hide him from the police, to be arrested today. Abdeslam, who is one of the most wanted men in Europe – managed to evade capture for 126 days before he was finally arrested today in Brussels (Molenbeek).
Abdeslam is currently being interrogated by the police. There has also been a joint press by the Belgian Prime Minister Michel and the France President.
“We have to go on with our efforts because we are aware there are still connections that lead us to Syria, where the Daesh [ISIS] group wanted these attacks to be organised,” President Hollande.
