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Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam could face trial in city where he planned to blow himself up

Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam could face trial in Paris - the very city where he planned to blow himself up - after reports that it looks "likely" he will be deported to France to face allegations of 'terrorist murder'.

Abdeslam is currently being interrogated by Belgian authorities and according to prosecutors has already admitted he wanted to commit a suicide bombing at Paris' main sporting stadium but backed out.

The most wanted fugitive from November's Paris attacks was detained following a raid in the Molenbeek neighbourhood of Brussels in what has been hailed by one counter-terror expert as a big 'intelligence coup'

Abdeslam was among five suspects detained as part of the operation.

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Paris suspect Abdeslam 'likely to be returned to France'

Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam is "likely to be returned to France" to face allegations of 'terrorist murder' after been formally charged by Belgian police today.

ITV News' Security Editor Rohit Kachroo says Abdeslam could face several more days of interrogation in Belgium before being returned to France where he is expected to be put on trial "in the very city where he's accused of playing a part in its worst ever terrorist atrocity".

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