The
older brother of Salah Abdeslam -- the man being hunted internationally
for his alleged role in the Paris terror attacks last week -- urged the
suspect Tuesday to turn himself over to authorities.
"I
would tell him to surrender. That's the best solution," said Mohamed
Abdeslam "But of course, if he has something to
do with it, he must accept responsibility."
there is a
"strong presumption" that another suspect linked to the attacks is at
large, in addition to Abdeslam.
Another
Abdeslam brother, Ibrahim, 31, was among the six terrorists who either
killed themselves or were killed by police in a series of coordinated
attacks across the French capital on Friday night that killed at least
129 people and wounded hundreds more.
"These
are not regular people," Mohamed Abdeslam, 29, said of his brothers.
"You cannot have the slightest doubt that they have been prepared, that
they must not leave any trace which would cause suspicion that they
might do such things. And even if you saw them every day, their behavior
was quite normal."
Police stopped
Salah Abdeslam, 26, hours after the attacks, in a car on his way toward
the Belgian border but let him go because he apparently hadn't yet been
linked to the terrorist operation.
Both
he and Ibrahim were previously known to authorities.Ibrahim
tried to go to Syria and was sent back by the Turks in the beginning of
2015," Van Der Sypt said. "It was after that that we questioned him.
Both brothers were released, the federal prosecutor said, after they denied wanting to go to Syria.
He
said Belgian authorities were also trying to keep an eye on Bilal
Hadfi, one of the suicide bombers who struck outside the Stade de
France, according to several sources. "We knew (Hadfi) was in Syria,"
Van Der Sypt said. "But what we didn't know is apparently he was back,
as he blew himself up in Paris. But we had no knowledge of the fact
that he was back in Europe."
None of the individuals identified so far in the Paris attacks has been on any U.S. watch lists.
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