Key Paris attacks suspect charged

French police with protective shields walk in line near the Bataclan concert hall following the fatal shootings in Paris. (Reuters/Christian Hartmann)
French police with protective shields walk in line near the Bataclan concert hall following the fatal shootings in Paris. (Reuters/Christian Hartmann)

Brussels, Belgium (AFP)—Key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was formally charged Saturday with “terrorist murder” and being part of a terrorist group, the Belgian federal prosecutors office said.

“(He…has) been charged by the investigating judge with participation in terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization,” a prosecutors statement said.