Belgium Charges Paris Terror Suspect Over Shootout With Police
- Abdeslam charged with attempted murder when cornered March 15
- Belgium caught Abdeslam 3 days later, before Brussels bombings
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Belgian prosecutors charged Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris terrorist attacks in November, with attempting to murder policemen in a shootout a week before last month’s bombings in Brussels.
Abdeslam, who faces extradition to France over his role in the Paris attacks, escaped after the March 15 exchange of gunfire with police in the Forest borough of Brussels and was arrested three days later.