ISIS dealt "major blow" with attacker's arrest
- 8 years ago
Salah Abdeslam, the top suspect in last year's deadly Paris attacks, was discharged Saturday from a Brussels hospital along with a suspected accomplice and will now face official questioning and a fast-track effort to extradite him to France.
France's interior minister called Abdeslam's arrest a "major blow" to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, in Europe, but also warned the threat of new attacks remains "extremely high."
Belgium's prime minister also said "the fight is not over," and the Belgian government announced the nation's terrorism alert level would remain unchanged at 3 on a 4-point scale.
Abdeslam, 26, was shot in the leg and his companion also injured when they were captured by police on Friday.
France's interior minister called Abdeslam's arrest a "major blow" to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, in Europe, but also warned the threat of new attacks remains "extremely high."
Belgium's prime minister also said "the fight is not over," and the Belgian government announced the nation's terrorism alert level would remain unchanged at 3 on a 4-point scale.
Abdeslam, 26, was shot in the leg and his companion also injured when they were captured by police on Friday.