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Manhunt launched for newly identified Paris attacks suspect Najim Laachraoui
[CNN] French and Belgian police have launched a manhunt for a newly identified suspect linked to November's Gay Paree terror attacks, as revelations about the depth of networks cultivated by a recently captured runaway fuel concerns about potential future assaults.Salah Abdeslam, whose DNA was found on a suicide belt discarded on a Gay Paree street after the November 13 attacks, spent more than four months on the run as Europe's most wanted man before he was jugged Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! in a gunbattle in the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek on Friday. Since his capture, officials have said he was ready to carry out future attacks and was supported by a wide network of associates, and they warned of the possibility of a new wave of ISIS bully boyz preparing to carry out further attacks. In a statement Monday, the Belgian prosecutor's office appealed to the public for sightings of Najim Laachraoui, 24, who has used the alias Soufiane Kayal and traveled with Abdeslam to Budapest, Hungary, in September of last year, the statement said. Authorities had previously said that a man using the Kayal alias had been in contact via phone with Gay Paree attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud, apparently giving him directives in the lead-up to the November attacks, and that the name had been used to rent a villa in Auvelais, southern Belgium, which was used by the plotters. Posted by: Fred 2016-03-21 |
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