Mastermind of Paris terror attacks planned also to attack Jewish targets

The 24-year-old German man is suspected of delivering four Kalashnikov rifles to a Paris address, prosecutors said, adding that it is not clear who the man sold them to.

The possibility that Salah Abdeslam might have been taking his ease in a public place in the Belgian capital is problematic for authorities who already let him slip through their net when he departed France.

The ringleader behind the November 13 attacks in Paris had plans to strike Jewish targets and to disrupt schools and the transport system in France, according to sources close to the investigation.

The lawyer also insisted his client was innocent and said: “You’re not going to tell me that if you drive Salah Abdeslam a few kilometres through Brussels that you’re part of a terrorist group”.

At least one suspected Paris gunman – Salah Abdeslam – remains at large.

French and Belgian authorities say Salah Abdeslam fled to Belgium where he is now the subject of a massive manhunt. “In the auto, Salah told him that his brother, Brahim, had killed people in Paris and had blown himself up. He didn’t understand anything and couldn’t reason clearly”, said Mr Martins. For my client, it was a big shock.

“He was in Brussels during the evening of Friday, November 13th, has no criminal record and is absolutely not radicalized”, Martins said.

Abaaoud said he would give Boulahecen 5,000 euros ($5,289.50) to buy two suits and two pairs of shoes for him and an unidentified accomplice to “look the part” in a planned attack on Paris’ commercial district La Defense.

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