Paris attacks suspect had German nuclear papers hidden in flat

April 14, 2016 20:02

A prime suspect in the Paris terror attacks had documents related to a German nuclear research center hidden in his Brussels flat, a media report said today.

Salah Abdeslam possessed documents about Juelich Nuclear Research Centre located near the Belgium-Germany border and being used for the storage of atomic waste, RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) media group reported.

Citing its sources within the parliamentary control committee, whose meetings are confidential, RND said that head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency Hans-Georg Maassen told the nine-person committee at the end of March that Abdeslam had the documents.

Maassen told the committee, which monitors the work of German security agencies, that printouts of articles from the internet and photos of nuclear centre CEO Wolfgang Marquardt had been found in Abdeslam's apartment in the Molenbeek area of Brussels, the Belgian capital, it added.

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