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Belgian Court Sentences Paris Attack Suspect Salah Abdeslam To 20-Year Term

Abdeslam still faces trial over the 2015 Paris attacks. But a Belgian court punished him for attempted terrorist murder, related to the shootout that ended his time on the run in 2016.
Belgian judge Marie-France Keutgen speaks in the courtroom during the announcement of the sentence in the trial of Salah Abdeslam and co-defendant Sofien Ayari, in Brussels, on Monday.

Salah Abdeslam still faces trial over the 2015 Paris attacks — but a Belgian court sentenced him to 20 years in prison on Monday over charges related

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