Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam spends first night in jail

March 20, 2016 13:46

Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam woke up behind bars today after spending his first night in jail on charges of "terrorist murder" for his

role in orchestrating the worst-ever terror assault on French soil.

Abdeslam, who was caught after being shot in the leg during a Friday police raid in Brussels, told interrogators he had planned to blow himself up at the Stade de France stadium in Paris but had backed out at the last minute.

The 26-year-old spent four months as Europe's most wanted man for his role in organising the November 13 gun and suicide attacks on the French capital, which killed 130 people.

A day after he was caught, Abdeslam was charged with terrorist murder and participating in a terror group before being taken to a maximum security prison in the northwestern city of Bruges.

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