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Watch LIVE: Paris Terror Suspect -- Europe's 'Most Wanted Man' -- Captured Alive

  • by: Alan Duke
  • (Fri, 18 Mar 2016 16:56:20 Z)

The terrorist who planned last year's November 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people has been capttured in Brussels following a police raid Friday, according to Belgium media reports.

Salah Abdesiam was wounded in Friday's raid in the Molenbeek area of Belgian's capital, reports said.

Abdeslam, who is a French national born in Brussels, has been the subject of a massive manhunt for months. His fingerprints were found when police raided an apartment Tuesday.

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Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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