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Abdeslam was identified as the suspected driver of the rental auto that brought the assailants to the rock concert where the most people were killed in Friday’s attacks.

Michel told Belgian television that the arrests were linked to “suspect vehicles” identified during the investigation by French police into the attacks that killed at least 129 people.

Two people in Belgium have been charged with participating and preparing terrorist attacks in connection to Friday’s terrorist assault in Paris, Belgian officials have confirmed.

The Belgian prosecutors would not say whether any of those arrested on Saturday were previously known to authorities.

RTBF reported that police searches were continuing in the Molenbeek district of Brussels.

The worldwide spread of the search for the alleged perpetrators comes as French President Francois Hollande said todaythe attacks were planned in Syria, organized in Belgium and carried out in France.

The bodies recovered in the raid were badly mangled, with part of Aitboulahcen’s spine landing on a police auto, slowing down the identification process, according to one of the officials.

In Belgium, authorities launched six raids in the Brussels region Thursday linked to Bilal Hadfi, one of the three suicide bombers who blew themselves up outside the Stade de France.

It had been believed he was inside the building after police surrounded it and negotiated with someone inside via bullhorn, according to a law enforcement source.

A Belgian who went from one of Brussel’s elite high schools to a career of terrorism.

Belgium’s Interior Minister said Sunday the situation in Molenbeek is out of control.

The Paris attack suspect mastermind is also suspected of aiding in the organization and financing of a terror cell in Verviers that was broken up in a police raid January 15.

Michel told lawmakers that security personnel will be increased and special attention will be paid to eradicating messages of hate.

Daesh, which is also known as Islamic State, claimed credit for the attacks.

“All democratic forces have to work together to strengthen our security”, Michel said.

In its English-language magazine, Islamic State said it will continue its violence and “retaliate with fire and bloodshed” for insults against the Prophet Muhammad and “the multitudes killed and injured in crusader airstrikes”. Salah rented the Volkswagen Polo which was parked outside the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people were murdered during an Eagles of Death Metal concert. Belgium has provided the most foreign fighters in Syria, per capita, of any European country.

Three of his relatives were reportedly arrested after the attacks.