Brussels police capture fugitive Salah Abdeslam wanted for Paris attacks

After a four-month manhunt, police have captured the top fugitive in last year’s deadly Paris attacks in the same Brussels neighbourhood where he grew up.

Salah Abdeslam, 26, is a childhood friend of the suspected ringleader of the attacks and is suspected of driving a car carrying a group of gunmen who took part in the shootings.

He and four other suspects were detained in a raid in Molenbeek, including three members of a family who allegedly sheltered him. Abdeslam was shot in the leg, officials said.