Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam arrested: France, BelgiumMarch 19, 2016 - 08:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, one of the most wanted men in Europe, was captured in Brussels on Friday, March 18 during a raid by armed police, French police sources said, according to AFP. Later that day, Belgian immigration minister Theo Francken confirmed the arrest of Abdeslam. "We got him," Francken said in a tweet, minutes after French police announced the arrest in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek, home to several of the Islamic State commandos who took part in the massacre. It was not immediately clear if Abdeslam, 26, believed to have played a key role in the November 13 attacks claimed by the Islamic State group that left 130 people dead, was injured in the raid, AFP says. One man was injured and another arrested unharmed in the Brussels raid, French police sources said, without identifying which was Abdeslam. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel held a crisis meeting after the arrest with French President Francois Hollande, who was in Brussels for a European Union summit. Belgium has been at the centre of the investigation into the Paris attacks almost from day one. Franco-Moroccan Abdeslam fled to Brussels after the attacks and is believed to have holed up in a flat for at least three weeks. He slipped past three police checks in France as he fled to Belgium just hours after the terror assaults, a source close to the probe said in December. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |