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Suspect killed in Brussels raid is not Salah Abdeslam: report

Xinhua, March 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

A terror suspect was killed in a police raid on a property here on Tuesday evening in connection with the Paris attacks in November last year, Belgian local media reported.

According to public broadcaster RTBF, the Belgian federal prosecutor is certain that the suspect killed is not Salah Abdeslam, who is the subject of an international manhunt following the deadly attacks on the French capital on Nov. 13.

The suspect had been hiding in the apartment in the Brussels district of Forest, which police had tried searching around 3:00 p.m local time (1400 GMT) on Tuesday, but were met with gunfire. Officers found the as-yet unidentified body after storming the building shortly after 6:00 p.m., RTBF said.

Four police officers were slightly injured during the operation: three during the shoot-out and a fourth in the raid while overpowering one of the suspects.

The Belgian federal prosecutor is expected to give further information about today's police raid in a press conference later in the day or the following morning, RTBF added.

A large security perimeter had been put in place during the police operation, which lasted more than three hours. Several schools and creches were on lockdown and workers at a nearby Audi car factory were told to stay indoors. Endit