Belgian minister: Abdeslam planning new acts from Brussels
Posted March 20, 2016 7:00 am
BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgium's foreign minister says terror suspect Salah Abdeslam has told investigators he was planning to "restart something" from Brussels.
Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said Sunday that Abdeslam said "he was ready to restart something from Brussels, and it's maybe the reality."
Reynders said authorities are taking the claim seriously because "we found a lot of weapons, heavy weapons in the first investigations, and we have seen a new network of people around him in Brussels."
Abdeslam, captured Friday in a police raid in Brussels, was charged Saturday with "terrorist murder" by Belgian authorities. He is a top suspect in the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead.
A special forces police officer awaits a convoy and ambulance thought to be carrying captured fugitive Salah Abdeslam at the federal penitentary in Bruges, Belgium, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Salah Abdeslam, the top suspect in last year's Paris attacks, was charged with âterrorist murderâ on Saturday by Belgian authorities and his lawyer vowed to fight any attempt to extradite him to France to stand trial for the slaughter of 130 people. (AP Photo/Geoffroy Van der Hasselt)
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Sven Mary, lawyer for captured fugitive Salah Abdeslam, leaves the federal police headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Saturday, March 19, 2016. Abdeslam, the top suspect in last year's deadly Paris attacks, was arrested after a four-month manhunt with a suspected accomplice and both men have been discharged from a hospital in Brussels and will now face official questioning and a fast-track extradition effort. Abdeslam and his companion were injured when they were captured by police. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Sven Mary, lawyer for captured fugitive Salah Abdeslam, leaves the federal police headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Saturday, March 19, 2016. Abdeslam, the top suspect in last year's deadly Paris attacks, was arrested after a four-month manhunt with a suspected accomplice and both men have been discharged from a hospital in Brussels and will now face official questioning and a fast-track extradition effort. Abdeslam and his companion were injured when they were captured by police. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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A police convoy thought to be carrying captured fugitive Salah Abdeslam leaves the federal police headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Saturday, March 19, 2016. Abdeslam, the top suspect in last year's deadly Paris attacks, was arrested after a four-month manhunt with a suspected accomplice and both men have been discharged from a hospital in Brussels and will now face official questioning and a fast-track extradition effort. Abdeslam and his companion were injured when they were captured by police. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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