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Salah Abdeslam charged with 'terrorist murder': prosecutors

Published: 19 Mar 2016 - 05:36 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 11:21 am
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Belgian lawyer Sven Mary leaves the judicial police headqurters after his meeting with Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the November Paris attacks who was arrested yesterday in Brussels, Belgium, March 19, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

Brussels: Key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was formally charged Saturday with "terrorist murder" and being part of a terrorist group, the Belgian federal prosecutors office said.

"Salah Abdeslam... (has) been charged by the investigating judge with participation in terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization," a prosecutors statement said.

AFP