Belgians charge Paris suspect with 'participation in terrorist murder'
Belgian authorities charged Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam with "participation in terrorist murder" Saturday, The Associated Press reports.
Police captured him during a Brussels raid Friday. Another man picked up in the raid faces the same charge.
Abdeslam, 26, is thought to have dropped off three suicide bombers outside Stade de France ahead of the Nov. 13 series of terrorist attacks throughout Paris that left 130 people dead.
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