BRUSSELS—The main fugitive from Islamic extremist attacks in Paris in November, Salah Abdeslam, has been arrested in Belgium’s capital after four months at large, French police officials said Friday.
The officials told The Associated Press that he was arrested Friday in a major police operation in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek.
Both officials are in contact with people involved in the operation and spoke only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing operation.
Abdeslam, 26, was among the attackers who killed 130 people at a rock concert, the national stadium and cafes on Nov. 13 in Paris.
Police secure an area during a police raid in the Molenbeek neighbourhood of Brussels, Belgium on March 18, 2016. AP Photo/Geoffrey Van der Hasselt
