Paris Attack Mastermind Salah Abdeslam Captured In Belgium. Alive

 

Belgian police conducted a raid Friday in Brussels that ended with two suspects in custody -- one of whom is wanted Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam.

Earlier in the day, the Belgian federal prosecutor's office revealed the 26-year-old's fingerprints and DNA were found in a Brussels apartment raided two days earlier. One person was killed and two people escaped that operation, according to authorities.

The man killed by a special forces sniper was Mohamed Belkaid, an Algerian who used the name Samir Bouzid, is believed to have directed the November 13 Paris attackers via calls from Belgium, according to the prosecutor's office.

Belkaid is believed to have helped Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam travel prior to the attacks and transferred money to a female cousin of Paris ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud following the attack, the Belgian senior counter-terrorism official told CNN in January.