Salah Abdeslam is ‘worth his weight in gold’ says his lawyer

The only suspected participant in the November 13 Paris attacks to be captured alive has been co-operating with police investigators and is “worth his weight in gold”, his lawyer said.

Belgium’s interior minister, Jan Jambon, said the country was on high alert for a possible revenge attack, following the capture of 26-year-old Salah Abdeslam in a flat in Brussels, on Friday.

“We know that stopping one cell can... push others into action. We are aware of it, in this case,” Mr Jambon told public radio.