Suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam sought in Morocco

An arrest warrant has been issued by Morocco for suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam, 26. Abdeslam has been on the run since his alleged involvement in the November terrorist attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead.

Morocco issued the arrest warrant in late November, and a security official speaking with Reuters said it was not clear if Abdeslam was in Morocco or North Africa. Morocco World News reports that a warrant has also been issued for the arrest of Mohamed Abrini, who was filmed with Abdeslam at a gas station a few days before the attacks. German police reportedly searched a location in Morocco last month following a tip that Abdeslam was hiding there.

Abdeslam, a Belgian-born French national, was first connected to the attacks after his name was found attached to a rental car that was abandoned outside the Bataclan concert hall. French officials reportedly stopped Abdeslam near the Belgian border following the attack, but let him go after checking his ID. Abdeslam's older brother, Ibrahim Abdeslam, was also involved in the attacks and blew himself up outside of the Comptoir Voltaire café.

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Belgian intelligence officials have said that as many as 20 people were a part of the terrorist cell that planned the Paris attacks.