In the raids, one suspect was killed and five others were arrested, including Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the 10-man unit that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks.
[1] They had received intelligence that Khalid El Bakraoui, who was wanted in connection with the Paris attacks, had rented a flat at 60, rue du Dries, under a false name.
[3] Four Belgian police officers, accompanied by two French colleagues, arrived in the afternoon to carry out a routine search for fingerprints and other evidence, only to be met by gunfire.
[3] The dead gunman was identified by police as Algerian national Mohamed Belkaid, who had lived in Sweden and travelled to Syria in 2014.
[8] French Prime Minister Manuel Valls also welcomed Abdeslam's arrest and added that more work needed to be done in tracking down terrorist cells in Europe.
[13] In 2022 Abid Aberkane went on trial in Brussels and received a suspended three year prison sentence for having provided a hiding place for Abdeslam.