Belgian police have captured a chief suspect in the November Paris terrorist attack. Salah Abdelslam was captured during a raid on Friday in Brussels that ended with one other suspects in custody.
Earlier in the day, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office revealed that the 26-year-old's fingerprints and DNA were found in a Brussels apartment raided two days earlier.
Another suspect, Mohamed Belkaid who is an Algerian, was killed by a special forces sniper on Tuesday. Mohamed Belkaid used the name Samir Bouzid and is believed to have directed the November 13 Paris attackers via calls from Belgium, according to the prosecutor's office.
The November 13 Paris attacks left at least 130 people dead, in what could be described as multiple and coordinated attacks.
Investigators think Abdeslam may have been the driver of a black Renault Clio that dropped off three suicide bombers near the Stade de France, one of the attack sites. They also believe he had worn a suicide belt found on a Paris street after the attacks.
Abdelslam moved to Belgium after the attacks and passed through checkpoints. However, at that time he had not yet been identified as a suspect and were allowed to continue to Belgium.

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