Paris attacks fugitive shot, detained

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This undated file photo provided by the Belgian Federal Police shows 26-year old Salah Abdeslam, who is wanted by police in connection with recent terror attacks in Paris. Belgian prosecutors said Friday March 18, 2016 that fingerprints of Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam found in Brussels apartment that was raided earlier this week. (Belgian Federal Police via AP)
26-year-old Salah Abdeslam, is wanted by police in connection with recent terror attacks in Paris. Belgian prosecutors said Friday March 18, 2016 that fingerprints of Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam found in Brussels apartment that was raided earlier this week. (Associated Press)

BRUSSELS — The Latest on developments in Brussels, where authorities are conducting a raid after they said they found the fingerprints of a fugitive Paris attacks suspect in an apartment earlier this week (all times local):

6:20 p.m.:

Two French police officials have told The Associated Press that Salah Abdeslam, the main fugitive from Islamic extremist attacks in Paris in November, has been arrested in Belgium’s capital after four months at large.

They said 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 on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing operation.

Abdeslam was among several attackers who targeted cafes, a rock concert and a stadium in Paris’ deadliest attacks in decades, which killed 130 people.

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