Key Paris attacks suspect attested, ‘likely to be linked to Brussels bombings’
Belgian media report that Paris terror attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini has been arrested in the Anderlicht district of Brussels
Abrini was captured on CCTV (R) at a service station at Ressons in northern France while driving a car with Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam
The key remaining suspect in November's Paris terror attacks, Mohamed Abrini, has been arrested, Belgian media have reported.
Local media reports suggest that Abrini, who had been on the run for five months, was arrested in the Anderlecht district of Brussels.
Belgian media have cited sources that Abrini is also likely to be the “man in the hat” seen on CCTV before the suicide bombings in the Brussels airport departure hall on 22 March.
Although the Belgian federal prosecutor confirmed that "there have been several arrests in the course of the day in connection with the attacks on the airport and metro", they would not give any further details.
Belgian authorities had on Thursday released new video footage of the "man in the hat", appealing for the public's help in finding him.
Abrini, 31, a Belgian national of Moroccan origin, is believed to have been filmed at a petrol station with Salah Abdeslam, another arrested Paris attacks suspect, two days before the attacks there.
Abdeslam was detained in Brussels in March, days before militants launched attacks in the Belgian capital.
