Belgium charges 9th Paris attacks suspect

AFP, BRUSSELS: The Belgian authorities have charged a ninth person in connection with last month’s deadly Paris attacks, the prosecutor’s office said Thursday.  A spokesman said the suspect had telephoned Hasna Aitboulachen, the cousin of ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud, several times after the November 13 attacks and before a police raid five days later in which they both died. A statement later identified the man as Abdoullah C., a Belgian national born in 1985, who was arrested on Tuesday on charges of “terrorist murders and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation.”

Belgium charges 9th Paris attacks suspect

AFP, BRUSSELS: The Belgian authorities have charged a ninth person in connection with last months deadly Paris attacks, the prosecutors office said Thursday. A spokesman said the suspect had telephoned Hasna Aitboulachen, the cousin of ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud, several times after the November 13 attacks and before a police raid five days later in which they both died. A statement later identified the man as Abdoullah C., a Belgian national born in 1985, who was arrested on Tuesday on charges of terrorist murders and participation in the activities of a terrorist organisation.