text: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam spends first night in maximum security jail, Europe News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
  Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam spends first night in maximum security jail
  Salah Abdeslam is being held at a prison in Bruges, Belgium.PHOTO: REUTERS
  Mar 20, 2016, 3:40 pm SGT
  BRUGES (AFP) - Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam woke up behind bars on Sunday (March 20) after spending his first night in jail on charges of "terrorist murder" for his role in orchestrating the worst-ever terror asssault on French soil.
  The 26-year-old spent four months as Europe's most wanted man for his role in organising the Nov 13 gun and suicide attacks on the French capital, which killed 130 people.
  He drank, smoked and went to casinos
  Paris prosector Francois Molins said Abdeslam had played a "central role" in planning the November attacks, which targeted bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall and were claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
  Abdeslam's arrest in the gritty Molenbeek neighbourhood of Brussels was hailed by European and US leaders, while French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said it dealt a "major blow" to ISIS extremists operating in Europe.
  Former small-time criminal Abdeslam is believed to be the last surviving member of the 10-man team that carried out the Paris attacks.