Paris Attacks Suspect Faces April 23 Verdict Over Brussels Shootout

A Belgian police officer keeps guard at the entrance of the courthouse ahead of the trial of Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspects in the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris, in Brussels, Belgium Feb. 5, 2018. Reuters/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS---The prime surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks will face a verdict on April 23 in a separate case involving a shootout in Brussels in 2016, a Belgian court said on Thursday.

Salah Abdeslam is being held in France for his alleged role in the November 2015 killing of 130 people in Paris by Islamic State militants. He was also charged with attempted murder over a shootout that occurred days before his arrest in Brussels and IS suicide bombings in the Belgian capital in March 2016.