New suspect charged in Belgium over Paris 2015 terror attacks

(AFP) Belgian authorities have arrested another suspect in connection with the Paris terror attacks of November 2015, charging him with participating in the activities of a terrorist group, prosecutors said Wednesday.

The suspect is believed to have been involved in the supply of automatic rifles used in the attacks that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds of others, Belgian federal prosecutors spokesman Eric Van Duyse said.

The suspect, who was arrested before Christmas, “was charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist group,” the spokesman told AFP.

Belgian newspaper La Derniere Heure, which broke the news, named the suspect as Mohammed E.

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