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'Armed and dangerous' Paris attacks suspects identified

Images of the men issued by police. Credit: Police handout

Two "armed and dangerous" men accused of helping Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam have been identified by Belgian prosecutors.

Federal prosecutors said Abdeslam traveled to the Hungarian capital twice in September in a rental car, and was accompanied on one occasion by men using fake identity cards under the names Samir Bouzid and Soufiane Kayal.

One of the fake identities was used to rent a house in Auvelais which has been searched by police.

The other, under the name Bouzid, was used four days after the Paris attacks to transfer €750 (£540) to the niece of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who died following a police assault in Saint-Denis on November 18.

The Paris attacks on November 13 left 130 people dead.

Prosecutors said anyone who sees the men or has information about them should contact police.