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Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam goes on trial in Belgium

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam. [Photo: Courtesy]

The only surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, refused to answer questions on Monday as he went on trial in Brussels over a bloody shootout with police that led to his capture.

Tight security surrounded the start of the trial of the 28-year-old, who was transferred overnight from a jail near the French capital Paris and arriving in Belgium in a convoy of police vehicles.

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