Salah Abdeslam, the sole surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris attacks, has been jailed for 20 years in Belgium over a gunfight that led to his arrest. Abdeslam, 28, and co-defendant Sofien Ayari were both convicted of terror-related charges of attempted murder. Ayari, 24, was also given a 20-year sentence. Both fired on officers who … Read more
A French police officer who swapped himself for a hostage in a supermarket siege on Friday has died, officials say. Lt-Col Arnaud Beltrame, 45, “fell as a hero” and showed “exceptional courage”, French President Emmanuel Macron said. The gendarme helped bring an end to a gunman’s shooting spree that killed three in southern France. The … Read more
A man suspected of being a radicalised Islamist shot and wounded two policemen on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion as they tried to arrest him on Thursday, authorities said. “The man refused to be arrested and fired a rifle at police,” a local government official on the island said, adding that the suspect … Read more
Two days after an attack on Paris’s Champs-Élysées that left one police officer dead, questions remain about the shooter, his ties to terrorism, and whether he had accomplices. The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility about two hours after the attack, which took place on Paris’s Champs-Élysées avenue. A statement published by the terrorist group’s … Read more
A Tunisian man has been charged with terror offences after being arrested for driving at high speed into a crowded shopping area in the Belgian port city of Antwerp, prosecutors said Friday as his motives remained unclear. The 39-year-old suspect identified only as Mohamed R. was charged with “an attempt to murder in a terrorist … Read more
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorism attack Three people have been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorism attack, police sources say. French media say a counter-terrorism operation is under way at the home of one of the suspects, in the central city of Clermont-Ferrand. The other two … Read more
A Paris suicide bomber’s mobile phone has been found underneath a pile of paperwork in a Belgian police station, many months after it went missing. The phone belonging to Brahim Abdeslam, whose brother Salah is awaiting trial, was seized by police in February 2015. It contains evidence that Abdeslam was in contact with those who … Read more
Lawyers representing the main terror suspect of the Paris attacks have said they will no longer be defending him because of his decision to remain silent. French lawyer Frank Berton and his Belgian colleague Sven Mary said Salah Abdeslam’s refusal to speak meant every prison visit was a “social” one. “We both decided to give … Read more