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2016 Brussels police raids
2016 Brussels police raids
Part of the aftermath of the November 2015 Paris attacks
Type	Police raid
Target	Forest and Molenbeek, Belgium
Date	15/18 March 2016
Outcome	Salah Abdeslam and 4 other suspects arrested
Casualties	15 March: 1 suspect killed; 4 police officers injured; 18 March: 2 suspects injured; 5 arrests;

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On 15 and 18 March 2016, Belgian police carried out raids on houses in Brussels. The raids were conducted in connection to the attacks in Paris four months earlier. 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.

Raids

15 March

Police carried out a raid on a house in the Rue du Dries/Driesstraat in Forest, a municipality of Brussels.^[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.^[2] Since the water and electricity had been cut off two weeks previously, they assumed the flat was empty.^[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. Two Belgian officers and a French officer were injured. The police retreated and called for reinforcements, allowing two men to escape from a first floor window at the back of the property, while a man with a Kalashnikov rifle continued to fire from a window at the front, injuring a fourth police officer. After a siege lasting three hours, a police sniper shot and killed the gunman.^[3] The dead gunman was identified by police as Algerian national Mohamed Belkaid, who had lived in Sweden and travelled to Syria in 2014.^[4]^[5] An Islamic State (IS) flag, ammunition and detonators were found in the flat, raising fears that another attack was being planned.^[6] One week later, El Bakraoui and four other members of the Brussels terrorist cell carried out bomb attacks at Brussels Airport and the metro.^[6] Also found in the flat were fingerprints and DNA of Abdeslam, and he was assumed to be one of the men who had escaped.^[6]

18 March

After fleeing from the Rue du Dries, Abdeslam contacted a second cousin, Abid Aberkane, who took the two fugitives to his mother's flat in the Rue des Quatre-Vents/Vier-Winden-Straat in Molenbeek municipality of Brussels, not far from the Abdeslam family home.^[3] Aberkan was already under police surveillance, which led them to Abdeslam. On the afternoon of 18 March, police took up position outside the house and ordered the occupants of the ground floor to come out. After ten minutes, Abdeslam came out of the door and started to run off down the street. Police shot and wounded him in the leg and then arrested him. Tunisian Sofien Ayari, who was the other fugitive from the Rue du Dries flat, was arrested and sustained an injury.^[3] Belgian prosecutors said that both men were charged with participation in terrorist murder and the activities of a terrorist group.^[7] Aberkane, his wife and his mother were also arrested, with his mother being released without charge.^[8]

Reactions

In the wake of the raid, French President François Hollande called Abdeslam's arrest "an important moment".^[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.^[9]

Trials

Abdeslam and Ayari went on trial at the Palace of Justice in Brussels on 5 February 2018 for attempted murder during the Forest shootout.^[10] They were found guilty and on 23 April 2018 were each sentenced to 20 years in prison, the penalty requested by the prosecution.^[11]

In September 2021 both men went on trial along with eighteen others for their role in the Paris attacks. Abdeslam received a full-life term, while Ayari was sentenced to 30 years in prison.^[12] In December 2023 they went on trial in Brussels along with eight others for the Brussels bombings.^[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.^[14]

References

^ "Gunfire in Brussels raid on 'Paris attacks suspects'". BBC News. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^ "Three Brussels bombers identified, all have links to Paris attacks". France 24. 24 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "De la fusillade de Forest à sa capture a Molenbeek, les quatre jours qui on mis fin à la cavale de Salah Abdeslam". France Info.
^ "Brussels raid over Paris attacks: Dead gunman was Algerian national". BBC News. 16 March 2016.
^ "Belgisk terrorist bodde i Sverige" [Belgian terrorist lived in Sweden]. Dagens Nyheter. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The inside story of the Paris and Brussels attacks". CNN. 30 October 2017.
^ "Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'worth his weight in gold'". BBC News. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'changed suicide bomb plan'". BBC News. 19 March 2016.
^ Willsher, Kim (19 March 2016). "Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam 'backed out of blowing himself up'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ "Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam refuses to answer questions at trial". The Guardian. 5 February 2018.
^ "Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam gets 20-year sentence in Belgium". The Guardian. 23 April 2018.
^ "Paris trial: Salah Abdeslam guilty as historic trial ends". BBC News. 30 June 2022.
^ "Procès des attentats de Bruxelles : tout ce qu'il faut savoir pour suivre les audiences". bx1. 5 December 2022.
^ "Trois ans de prison avec sursis pour le "logeur" de Salah Abdelsam à Bruxelles". France 24. 30 June 2022.

[1] "Gunfire in Brussels raid on 'Paris attacks suspects'". BBC News. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[2] "Three Brussels bombers identified, all have links to Paris attacks". France 24. 24 March 2016.

[franceinfo-3] "De la fusillade de Forest à sa capture a Molenbeek, les quatre jours qui on mis fin à la cavale de Salah Abdeslam". France Info.

[4] "Brussels raid over Paris attacks: Dead gunman was Algerian national". BBC News. 16 March 2016.

[5] "Belgisk terrorist bodde i Sverige" [Belgian terrorist lived in Sweden]. Dagens Nyheter. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[CNN-6] "The inside story of the Paris and Brussels attacks". CNN. 30 October 2017.

[7] "Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'worth his weight in gold'". BBC News. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[BBC-8] "Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'changed suicide bomb plan'". BBC News. 19 March 2016.

[9] Willsher, Kim (19 March 2016). "Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam 'backed out of blowing himself up'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[10] "Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam refuses to answer questions at trial". The Guardian. 5 February 2018.

[11] "Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam gets 20-year sentence in Belgium". The Guardian. 23 April 2018.

[12] "Paris trial: Salah Abdeslam guilty as historic trial ends". BBC News. 30 June 2022.

[13] "Procès des attentats de Bruxelles : tout ce qu'il faut savoir pour suivre les audiences". bx1. 5 December 2022.

[14] "Trois ans de prison avec sursis pour le "logeur" de Salah Abdelsam à Bruxelles". France 24. 30 June 2022.

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-}}On 15 and 18 March 2016, [[Belgian police]] carried out raids on houses in [[Brussels]]. The raids were conducted in connection to the [[November 2015 Paris attacks|attacks in Paris]] four months earlier. In the raids, one suspect was killed and five others were arrested, including [[Salah Abdeslam]], who is suspected of direct involvement in the Paris attacks.
+On 15 and 18 March 2016, [[Belgian police]] carried out raids on houses in [[Brussels]]. The raids were conducted in connection to the [[November 2015 Paris attacks|attacks in Paris]] four months earlier. 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]].
 ==Raids==
 ===15 March===
+Police carried out a raid on a house in the {{lang|fr|Rue du Dries|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Driesstraat|italic=no}} in [[Forest, Belgium|Forest]], a municipality of [[Brussels]].<ref>{{cite web|date=15 March 2016|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35809974|title=Gunfire in Brussels raid on 'Paris attacks suspects'|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20160324-three-brussels-bombers-links-paris-attacks-abdeslam-bakraoui-laachraoui|title=Three Brussels bombers identified, all have links to Paris attacks|date=24 March 2016|work=[[France 24]]}}</ref> Since the water and electricity had been cut off two weeks previously, they assumed the flat was empty.<ref name=franceinfo>{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/terrorisme/attaques-du-13-novembre-a-paris/enquete-sur-les-attentats-de-paris/recit-de-la-fusillade-de-forest-a-sa-capture-a-molenbeek-les-quatre-jours-qui-ont-mis-fin-a-la-cavale-de-salah-abdeslam_2570195.html|title=De la fusillade de Forest à sa capture a Molenbeek, les quatre jours qui on mis fin à la cavale de Salah Abdeslam|work=[[France Info (TV channel)|France Info]]}}</ref> 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. Two Belgian officers and a French officer were injured. The police retreated and called for reinforcements, allowing two men to escape from a first floor window at the back of the property, while a man with a [[Kalashnikov rifle]] continued to fire from a window at the front, injuring a fourth police officer. After a siege lasting three hours, a police sniper shot and killed the gunman.<ref name=franceinfo/> The dead gunman was identified by police as Algerian national [[Brussels Islamic State terror cell#Mohamed Belkaid|Mohamed Belkaid]], who had lived in Sweden and travelled to Syria in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35817793|title=Brussels raid over Paris attacks: Dead gunman was Algerian national|work=BBC News|date=16 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/belgisk-terrorist-bodde-i-sverige/|title=Belgisk terrorist bodde i Sverige|trans-title=Belgian terrorist lived in Sweden|work=Dagens Nyheter|date=17 March 2016|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> An [[Islamic State]] (IS) flag, ammunition and detonators were found in the flat, raising fears that another attack was being planned.<ref name=CNN>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/30/europe/inside-paris-brussels-terror-attacks/index.html|title=The inside story of the Paris and Brussels attacks|date=30 October 2017|work=CNN}}</ref> One week later, El Bakraoui and four other members of the [[Brussels terrorist cell]] carried out [[2016 Brussels bombings|bomb attacks]] at [[Brussels Airport]] and the metro.<ref name=CNN/> Also found in the flat were fingerprints and DNA of Abdeslam, and he was assumed to be one of the men who had escaped.<ref name=CNN/>
-Police carried out a raid on a house in [[Forest, Belgium|Forest]], a suburb of [[Brussels]]. A police statement said that the raid was related to the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]].<ref>{{cite web|date=15 March 2016|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/15/europe/brussels-paris-attacks-shots-fired/index.html|title=Shots in Brussels raid tied to Paris attacks|work=CNN|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=15 March 2016|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35809974|title=Gunfire in Brussels raid on 'Paris attacks suspects'|work=BBC News|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref> The house was situated in the Rue du Dries, near the Audi factory in Forest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35809974|title=Brussels raid: Suspect killed in anti-terror operation|date=15 March 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref> Four police officers, one of them French, were wounded in the raid.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/15/belgian-police-hunt-gunman-after-brussels-anti-terror-raid|title=One suspect dead, at least one still at large after Brussels terror raid|last=Chrisafis|first=Angelique|date=16 March 2016|last2=Rankin|first2=Jennifer|newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref> One suspect was killed, and a manhunt began for two other suspects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35817793|title=Brussels raid over Paris attacks: Dead gunman was Algerian national|work=BBC News|access-date=16 March 2016|date=16 March 2016}}</ref>
-The suspect killed was identified by Belgian police as Mohamed Belkaid, a 35-year-old Algerian citizen. Belkaid immigrated to and lived for several years in Sweden, where he married a Swedish woman who was fifteen years older than him. During this period, he was sent to prison four times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/kolumnister/peterkadhammar/article22531578.ab|title=Dömdes till fängelse fyra gånger men utvisades inte – varför?|work=Aftonbladet|access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref> In 2014, he traveled to Syria to commit [[jihad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/belgisk-terrorist-bodde-i-sverige/|title=Belgisk terrorist bodde i Sverige|trans-title=Belgian terrorist lived in Sweden|work=Dagens Nyheter|date=17 March 2016|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> Belkaid is believed to have been an associate of [[Salah Abdeslam]], a suspected accomplice in the Paris attacks.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35852159|title=Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'changed suicide bomb plan'|work=BBC News|date=19 March 2016|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> He was killed after being shot by a police sniper,<ref name=BBC1/> but not before his actions allowed Abdeslam and another suspect to escape through the rooftops.<ref name=Cruickshank>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/europe/salah-abdeslam-isis-cell-brussels/index.html|title=Abdeslam likely had plans with ISIS cell behind Brussels attacks, official says|work=CNN|date=23 March 2016|access-date=23 March 2016|first=Paul|last=Cruickshank}}</ref>
-Two other suspects, brothers [[Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui]], evaded capture during the raid. They committed [[2016 Brussels bombings|suicide bombings in Brussels]] a week later, on 22 March.<ref name=Jamieson1>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/brussels-attacks/brussels-attacks-el-bakraoui-brothers-were-jailed-carjackings-shootout-n544241|title=Brussels Attacks: El Bakraoui Brothers Were Jailed for Carjackings, Shootout|work=NBC News|date=23 March 2016|access-date=23 March 2016|author=Alastair Jamieson|author2=Annick M'Kele}}</ref>
-It was reported that an [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] flag and [[Salafist]] literature were found in the flat, together with a [[Kalashnikov rifle]] and ammunition.<ref name=nyt20160316>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/world/europe/belgium-terrorism-suspect.html|title=Belgium Says Algerian Killed in Raid May Have Had Links to Radical Islam|last=Breeden|first=Aurelien|date=16 March 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref> Also found were detonators that investigators now believe were intended to be used during 22 March bombings in Brussels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.eu/article/salah-abdeslam-was-part-of-brussels-bomb-plot/|title=Salah Abdeslam was part of Brussels bomb plot|work=Politico|date=22 March 2016|access-date=22 March 2016|first=Giulia|last=Paravicini}}</ref>
 ===18 March===
+After fleeing from the Rue du Dries, Abdeslam contacted a second cousin, Abid Aberkane, who took the two fugitives to his mother's flat in the {{lang|fr|Rue des Quatre-Vents|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Vier-Winden-Straat|italic=no}} in [[Molenbeek-Saint-Jean|Molenbeek]] municipality of Brussels, not far from the Abdeslam family home.<ref name=franceinfo/> Aberkan was already under police surveillance, which led them to Abdeslam. On the afternoon of 18 March, police took up position outside the house and ordered the occupants of the ground floor to come out. After ten minutes, Abdeslam came out of the door and started to run off down the street. Police shot and wounded him in the leg and then arrested him. Tunisian [[Brussels Islamic State terror cell#Sofien Ayari|Sofien Ayari]], who was the other fugitive from the Rue du Dries flat, was arrested and sustained an injury.<ref name=franceinfo/> Belgian prosecutors said that both men were charged with participation in terrorist murder and the activities of a terrorist group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35860157|title=Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'worth his weight in gold'|work=BBC News|date=21 March 2016|access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Aberkane, his wife and his mother were also arrested, with his mother being released without charge.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35852159|title=Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'changed suicide bomb plan'|work=BBC News|date=19 March 2016}}</ref>
-On 18 March, Belgian prosecutors stated that Abdeslam's fingerprints had been found in the Forest flat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35842219|title=Brussels raid: Paris suspect Abdeslam's fingerprints found in flat|date=18 March 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref> Later that day, there were reports of further raids, and the sound of gunfire, in the [[Molenbeek]] area of Brussels.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35846954|title='Shots fired' in new Brussels raids|date=18 March 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref> Two suspects, identified as Abdeslam and Monir Ahmed Alaaj, were reportedly injured in one such raid.<ref name=BBC1>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35860157|title=Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'worth his weight in gold'|work=BBC News|date=21 March 2016|access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Five people, including Abdeslam, were arrested during the raid.<ref name="cnn">{{cite web|title=Belgian police checking if man detained is Paris terror attack suspect|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/18/world/paris-attack-salah-abdeslam-fingerprints/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=18 March 2016|access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/18/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-wounded-in-brussels-terror-raid-reports|title=Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam arrested in Brussels terror raid|last=Chrisafis|first=Angelique|date=18 March 2016|newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/18/470976757/police-operation-linked-to-paris-attacks-underway-in-brussels|title=Paris Attacks Suspect Salah Abdeslam Is Captured During Raid in Brussels|work=NPR|date=18 March 2016|access-date=18 March 2016|first=Merrit|last=Kennedy}}</ref> On 16 April, the [[Minister of the Interior (Belgium)|Interior Minister of Belgium]], [[Jan Jambon]], stated that protesters "threw stones and bottles at police and press" during Abdeslam's arrest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Belgian minister says many Muslims 'danced' after attacks |url=http://www.afp.com/en/news/belgian-minister-says-many-muslims-danced-after-attacks |access-date=18 April 2016 |agency=AFP |date=16 April 2016 |quote=They threw stones and bottles at police and press during the arrest of Salah Abdeslam. This is the real problem. }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mortimer|first1=Caroline|title=Muslims in Belgium 'dance in the street' following terrorist attacks, claims Interior Minister|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brussels-attacks-belgian-interior-minister-jan-jambon-says-muslims-dance-in-the-street-following-a6988196.html|access-date=18 April 2016|work=The Independent|date=17 April 2016|quote='They threw stones and bottles at police and press during the arrest of Salah Abdeslam. This is the real problem,' he said.}}</ref>
+==Reactions==
-Another suspect, identified as 24-year-old Belgian citizen [[Najim Laachraoui]], had not been caught yet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/europe/paris-attacks-accomplice-najim-laachraoui.html|title=Belgian Police Name Man Suspected of Being Salah Abdeslam's Accomplice|work=The New York Times|date=21 March 2016|access-date=21 March 2016|author=Lilia Blaise}}</ref> He committed a [[2016 Brussels bombings|suicide bombing in Brussels]] a week later, on 22 March.
+In the wake of the raid, French President [[François Hollande]] called Abdeslam's arrest "an important moment".<ref name=BBC/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/19/paris-attacker-salah-abdeslam-was-supposed-to-blow-himself-up|title=Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam 'backed out of blowing himself up'|work=The Guardian|date=19 March 2016|access-date=19 March 2016|first=Kim|last=Willsher}}</ref>
+==Trials==
-Suspicion was apparently aroused to Abdeslam's location after a person in the flat made an unusually large pizza order. When officers arrived at the scene, they found the woman who made the food order with two other adults, children, and Abdeslam.<ref name="  Dearden193">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/salah-abdeslam-isis-suspicious-pizza-order-led-police-to-paris-attackers-hideout-at-molenbeek-flat-a6941111.html|author=Elizabeth Dearden|title=Salah Abdeslam: Suspicious pizza order 'led police to Paris attacker's hideout' at Molenbeek flat |work=The Independent |location=London |date=19 March 2016|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> Police later announced that they were also led to Abdeslam's location after he phoned an associate they were monitoring, following his escape on 15 March.<ref name=Cruickshank/> Earlier, in December 2015, a police dossier was made containing information about a suspected [[radicalized]] person living in the flat. However, it was not passed to the relevant authority because, according to the [[Mechelen]] chief of police, the person responsible forgot to do so.<ref name=" Cerulus253 ">{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.eu/article/local-police-had-abdeslam-information-for-3-months-didnt-tell-brussels/ |author=Laurens Cerulus |title=Local police had Abdeslam information for 3 months, didn't tell Brussels |publisher=Politico |date=26 March 2016 |access-date=26 March 2016 }}</ref>
+Abdeslam and Ayari went on trial at the [[Palace of Justice, Brussels|Palace of Justice in Brussels]] on 5 February 2018 for attempted murder during the Forest shootout.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/05/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-goes-on-trial-over-brussels-shootout|title=Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam refuses to answer questions at trial|date=5 February 2018|work=The Guardian}}</ref> They were found guilty and on 23 April 2018 were each sentenced to 20 years in prison, the penalty requested by the prosecution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-gets-20-year-sentence-in-belgium|title=Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam gets 20-year sentence in Belgium|date=23 April 2018|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
+In September 2021 both men went on [[Paris attacks trial|trial]] along with eighteen others for their role in the Paris attacks. Abdeslam received a full-life term, while Ayari was sentenced to 30 years in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61989354|title=Paris trial: Salah Abdeslam guilty as historic trial ends|work=BBC News|date=30 June 2022}}</ref> In December 2023 they went on trial in Brussels along with eight others for the Brussels bombings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bx1.be/dossiers/attentats-de-bruxelles/proces-des-attentats-de-bruxelles-tout-ce-quil-faut-savoir-pour-suivre-les-audiences/|title=Procès des attentats de Bruxelles : tout ce qu'il faut savoir pour suivre les audiences|work=bx1|date=5 December 2022}}</ref>
-==Reactions==
-In the wake of the raid, French President [[François Hollande]] called Abdeslam's arrest "an important moment".<ref name=BBC/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/19/paris-attacker-salah-abdeslam-was-supposed-to-blow-himself-up|title=Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam 'backed out of blowing himself up'|work=The Guardian|date=19 March 2016|access-date=19 March 2016|first=Kim|last=Willsher}}</ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/fr/europe/20220630-trois-ans-de-prison-avec-sursis-pour-le-logeur-de-salah-abdelsam-%C3%A0-bruxelles|title=Trois ans de prison avec sursis pour le "logeur" de Salah Abdelsam à Bruxelles|date=30 June 2022|work=France 24}}</ref>
-In July 2016, IS released a video celebrating several terrorist attacks that took place during the month of [[Ramadan]] showing [[Abu Idris al-Baljiki]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/new-isis-islamic-state-daesh-amaq-news-pictures-videos-my-reveenge-nasheed-ma-vengeance-nachid-french-english-full-uncensored-youtube-video/ |title=WATCH: New ISIS Music Video Celebrates Ramadan Terror Attacks & Threatens More |date=5 July 2016 |work=[[Heavy.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107033431/http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/new-isis-islamic-state-daesh-amaq-news-pictures-videos-my-reveenge-nasheed-ma-vengeance-nachid-french-english-full-uncensored-youtube-video |archive-date=7 November 2016 |first=Sam J. |last=Prince |access-date=22 April 2019 |url-status=live|df=dmy-all }}</ref> and Mohamed Belkaid and displaying his nom de guerre Abu Abdul-Aziz Al-Jazairi.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vocativ.com/337209/isis-celebrates-reach-of-global-terror-attacks-in-new-videos/index.html |title=ISIS Celebrates Reach Of Global Terror Attacks In New Videos |first=Gilad |last=Shiloach |date=6 July 2016 |access-date=22 April 2019 |work=[[Vocativ]]}}</ref>
 ==See also==
 * [[2015 Saint-Denis raid]]
-* [[2016 Brussels bombings]]
-* [[2016 Brussels National Institute of Criminology fire]]
 * [[Brussels lockdown]]
 * [[January 2015 anti-terrorism operations in Belgium]]
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v t e November 2015 Paris attacks
Main locations	Bataclan theatre Boulevard Voltaire Rue Alibert Stade de France
Aftermath	Reactions to the attacks 2015 Saint-Denis raid Opération Chammal Brussels lockdown 2016 Brussels police raids Paris attacks trial
Perpetrators	Abdelhamid Abaaoud Salah Abdeslam
Works about	L'Exigence (2016 book) November 13: Attack on Paris (2018 docu-series) November (2022 drama film) One Year, One Night (2022 drama film) V13 (2022 book)
Related events	January 2015 Île-de-France attacks Opération Sentinelle Metrojet Flight 9268 2015 Beirut bombings 2015 Bamako hotel attack 2016 Brussels bombings
Terrorism in France List of terrorist incidents in France Islamic terrorism in Europe List of Islamist terrorist attacks

v t e Brussels ISIL terror cell
Attacks	November 2015 Paris attacks reactions Brussels bombings reactions
Main suspects	Abdelhamid Abaaoud Salah Abdeslam
Paris suspects	Stade de France Bilal Hadfi Ahmad Al Mohammad M al-Mahmod Bars and restaurants Brahim Abdeslam Chakib Akrouh Bataclan theatre Samy Amimour Omar Ismail Mostefai Foued Mohamed-Aggad Others Fabien Clain Mohamed Belkaid Monir Ahmed Alaaj
Brussels suspects	Brussels Airport Ibrahim El Bakraoui Najim Laachraoui Mohamed Abrini Maalbeek metro station Khalid El Bakraoui Osama Krayem
Related	Cannes-Torcy cell January 2015 anti-terrorism operations in Belgium 2015 Saint-Denis raid Opération Chammal Brussels lockdown 2016 Brussels police raids
Terrorism in Belgium Terrorism in France List of terrorist incidents in France List of Islamist terrorist attacks