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| Men who picked up suspected Paris gunman held by police – report | |
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| Two men are being held in connection with the Paris attacks after accompanying Salah Abdeslam, the suspected gunman still at large, back to Belgium from France, a Belgian newspaper has reported. | Two men are being held in connection with the Paris attacks after accompanying Salah Abdeslam, the suspected gunman still at large, back to Belgium from France, a Belgian newspaper has reported. |
| The men, 21-year-olds from Molenbeek, Brussels – are quoted in La Libre Belgique as saying they had no idea what Abdeslam had been doing in Paris when they received a call from him at 2am and they picked him up in a Volkswagen Golf at about 5am in the Barbès district of the French capital. | |
| La Libre alleged that ammonium nitrate had been found at their homes, raising suspicions they could have been involved in the production of explosives used in the attackers’ suicide belts. | La Libre alleged that ammonium nitrate had been found at their homes, raising suspicions they could have been involved in the production of explosives used in the attackers’ suicide belts. |
| They reportedly said the chemical had been intended as a garden fertiliser. La Libre gives verbatim quotes from the pair, implying it has either been briefed in detail on the interrogation or has been given a transcript. Defence lawyers for the men refused to comment, it said. | They reportedly said the chemical had been intended as a garden fertiliser. La Libre gives verbatim quotes from the pair, implying it has either been briefed in detail on the interrogation or has been given a transcript. Defence lawyers for the men refused to comment, it said. |
| The report claims that bullets were also found at one of the men’s home, including 7.62-calibre rounds used in Kalashnikov assault rifles. | The report claims that bullets were also found at one of the men’s home, including 7.62-calibre rounds used in Kalashnikov assault rifles. |
| The report says the other man drove the car back from Paris to their homes in Molenbeek and was stopped three times. At that time, however, the police were unaware that Abdeslam had flagged as a suspect. Both men said Abdeslam had not talked much during the journey. “He was a bit stressed,” one was quoted as saying. | The report says the other man drove the car back from Paris to their homes in Molenbeek and was stopped three times. At that time, however, the police were unaware that Abdeslam had flagged as a suspect. Both men said Abdeslam had not talked much during the journey. “He was a bit stressed,” one was quoted as saying. |