Police nab Paris attack fugitive
Salah Abdeslam had been wanted for 126 days for the direct involvement in terrorist shootings and bombings that claimed the lives of 130 people in Paris.
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Identified as a 26-years-old named Salah Abdeslam, he was capturedin a police raid in Brussels on Friday, March 18, Belgium's justice minister confirmed to Reuters.
It was also gathered that during the raid the fugitive engaged the police in a gun shootout at Molenbeek district of Brussels which left him with a wounded leg.
Salah Abdeslam whose location was known after his fingerprints were found at the scene of another raid in Brussels this past Tuesday, March 15 was said to have flee France for Belgium after the barbaric attack last November.
Salah Abdeslam had been wanted for 126 days for the direct involvement in terrorist shootings and bombings that claimed the lives of 130 people in Paris.
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