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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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Salah Abdeslam charged with terrorist murder

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been formally charged with terrorist murder, the Belgian prosecutor has said.

Another man, Monir Ahmed Alaaj, was charged alongside him with the same offence. A third man faces trial for being a member of a terrorist organisation and aiding and abetting criminals

A woman detainee named only as Djemila M,was charged with aiding and abetting but released, the prosecutors said in a statement. A second woman was released without charge.

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