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Paris attacks: Warrant issued for new suspect Mohamed Abrini | Paris attacks: Warrant issued for new suspect Mohamed Abrini |
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A Belgian judge has issued a European and international arrest warrant for a man named as Mohamed Abrini, 30, in connection with the Paris attacks. | A Belgian judge has issued a European and international arrest warrant for a man named as Mohamed Abrini, 30, in connection with the Paris attacks. |
Prosecutors say two days before the attacks, Abrini was seen driving a car with suspect Salah Abdeslam at a petrol station on the motorway to Paris. | Prosecutors say two days before the attacks, Abrini was seen driving a car with suspect Salah Abdeslam at a petrol station on the motorway to Paris. |
Abrini is described as "dangerous and probably armed". | |
Salah Abdeslam is currently the subject of an international manhunt after the attacks which killed 130 people. | Salah Abdeslam is currently the subject of an international manhunt after the attacks which killed 130 people. |
The Renault Clio that Abrini was seen driving was later used in the attacks, prosecutors say. | |
Police say he should not be approached by the public. | |
French prosecutor Francois Molins also gave an update on the investigation on Tuesday, saying that the presumed ringleader of the 13 November attacks, Abdelhamid Abbaoud, is thought to have been planning a suicide attack on Paris's La Defense business district on 18 or 19 November. | |
Abbaoud was killed in a police raid on the Saint-Denis suburb of Paris on 18 November. | |
Belgian prosecutors also said on Tuesday that they have also partially identified two other men who have been taken into custody. | |
They are under suspicion - in the words of a statement - of "participating in the activities of a terrorist group", and "acts of terrorist murder". | They are under suspicion - in the words of a statement - of "participating in the activities of a terrorist group", and "acts of terrorist murder". |
The men, named as Ali O and Lazez A, are both from the Brussels district of Molenbeek, and both will appear separately in court during the course of this week. | The men, named as Ali O and Lazez A, are both from the Brussels district of Molenbeek, and both will appear separately in court during the course of this week. |
Also on Tuesday, French President Francois Hollande met US President Barack Obama in Washington where the two leaders re-iterated their commitment to eradicating the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, which said it carried out the Paris attacks. | |
Mr Obama said there would be increased co-operation with France to hit IS targets in Iraq and Syria, and called on the EU to finally implement an agreement that would require airlines to the share passenger information. |