Abdeslam attempting to flee police marksmen in Brussels
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New footage has emerged of the moment Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was shot by Belgian police.
The terror suspect was shot in the leg during his attempted escape from a house the Molenbeek district on Friday.
The raid - which also arrested two other suspects - ends a five month manhunt to find one of two surviving members of the ten man gang who killed 130 people in a string of co-ordinated terror attacks on Paris in November.
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The video obtained by French digital channel iTélé shows a man in a white hoodie and baseball cap - believed to be Abdeslam - attempting to run out the front door and down the street before being shot by a police marksmen.
It followed a similar botched raid on another house on Tuesday where Abdeslam managed to escape.
The Belgian-born son of Moroccan immigrants has remained at large since allegedly fleeing the capital on the night of the attacks.
Abdeslam’s lawyer, Sven Mary, has said they intend to fight extradition to France where he will face trial for helping to plan and organise the attack.
Salah Abdeslam (AFP)
He is accused of helping manufacture explosives, hiring cars, renting hideouts and transporting jihadists for the 13 November attacks.
The 26-year-old is believed to have participated in the attack on restaurants near the Bataclan theatre with his brother Brahim.
Brahim then went to Stade de France to blow himself up in a suicide attack but Abdeslam reportedly “backed out”.
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French police with protective shields walk in line near the Bataclan concert hall
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Rescuers evacuate an injured person on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire
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French Vigipirate troops mobilize next to Place de la Bastille
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French soldiers mobilize near to the Place de la Bastille
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Wounded people are evacuated outside the scene of a hostage situation at the Bataclan theatre
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People react as they gather to watch the scene near the Bataclan concert hall
Reuters
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French police secure the area outside a cafe near the Bataclan concert hall
Reuters
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Rescuers workers evacuate victims near the Bataclan concert hall
AFP
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and French President Francois Hollande attending an emergency meeting at the Interior Ministry
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Spectators invade the pitch of the Stade de France after explosions were heard outside
AP
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A man lies on the ground as French police check his identity near the Bataclan concert hall
Reuters
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Police officers man a position close to the Bataclan theatre
AFP
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Wounded people are evacuated from the Stade de France in Paris
EPA
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Two men evacuate the Place de la Republique square in Paris as a police officer looks on
AFP
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Football fans are evacuated from the Stade de France stadium
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An armed police officer
Dan Gabriel
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The Stade de France is evacuated after reports of an explosion
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A member of the French fire brigade aids an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall
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Wounded people are evacuated from the Stade de France in Paris
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Police are seen outside a cafe in 10th arrondissement of the French capital Paris,
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Rescuers assist an injured man on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, close to the Bataclan concert hall
AFP
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The scene at a restaurant in 10th arrondissement
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The Bataclan theatre - where around 100 people are thought be held hostage
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The Stade de France as it was evacuated
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Forensic experts inspect the site of an attack outside the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis
AFP
1/25 Paris attacks
French police with protective shields walk in line near the Bataclan concert hall
Reuters
2/25 Paris attacks
Rescuers evacuate an injured person on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire
AFP
3/25 Paris attacks
French Vigipirate troops mobilize next to Place de la Bastille
AFP
4/25 Paris attacks
French soldiers mobilize near to the Place de la Bastille
AFP
5/25 Paris attacks
Wounded people are evacuated outside the scene of a hostage situation at the Bataclan theatre
EPA
6/25 Paris attacks
People react as they gather to watch the scene near the Bataclan concert hall
Reuters
7/25 Paris attacks
French police secure the area outside a cafe near the Bataclan concert hall
Reuters
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Rescuers workers evacuate victims near the Bataclan concert hall
AFP
9/25 Paris attacks
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and French President Francois Hollande attending an emergency meeting at the Interior Ministry
AFP
10/25 Paris attacks
Spectators invade the pitch of the Stade de France after explosions were heard outside
AP
11/25 Paris attacks
A man lies on the ground as French police check his identity near the Bataclan concert hall
Reuters
12/25 Paris attacks
Police officers man a position close to the Bataclan theatre
AFP
13/25 Paris attacks
Wounded people are evacuated from the Stade de France in Paris
EPA
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Two men evacuate the Place de la Republique square in Paris as a police officer looks on
AFP
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Football fans are evacuated from the Stade de France stadium
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An armed police officer
Dan Gabriel
17/25 Paris attacks
The Stade de France is evacuated after reports of an explosion
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A member of the French fire brigade aids an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall
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Wounded people are evacuated from the Stade de France in Paris
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Police are seen outside a cafe in 10th arrondissement of the French capital Paris,
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Rescuers assist an injured man on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, close to the Bataclan concert hall
AFP
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The scene at a restaurant in 10th arrondissement
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The Bataclan theatre - where around 100 people are thought be held hostage
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The Stade de France as it was evacuated
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Forensic experts inspect the site of an attack outside the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis
AFP
Abdeslam reportedly bought a SIM card from a shop in the 18th arrondissement in northern Paris an hour after the attacks and called two friends in Brussels to come pick him up.
After walking for near nine hours he is thought to have met them in Châtillon suburb on the other side of the city at around 7am.
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