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Paris Suspect 'Didn't Know' Of Brussels Plot

The denial by Salah Abdeslam comes amid reports another bomber was involved in the deadly Belgium attacks and may be on the run.
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Abdeslam claims he was unaware of the plot despite links between attackers 

The chief suspect in the Paris attacks has claimed he "didn't know" about the Brussels terror plot, according to his lawyer.
The denial by Salah Abdeslam comes amid mounting evidence of strong links between the extremists that carried out this week's Belgium bombings and those behind the atrocities in the French capital last November.

Meanwhile, it has been reported the authorities suspect a second bomber was involved in the deadly attack on Maalbeek metro station.
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Abdeslam, who was captured in Brussels last week after four months on the run following the bombing and shooting rampage in Paris that left 130 people dead, has also said he will no longer fight extradition to France.
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Defence lawyer Sven Mary said his client, a French citizen, wanted to return as "quickly as possible" to "explain himself".
As investigations continue into the Brussels attacks, local media have reported police examining CCTV footage believe another man was involved in the bombing on the metro and could be on the run.
It had previously been thought a lone suicide bomber, Khalid El Bakraoui, had carried out the devastating strike.
The suspect was captured by surveillance cameras in the metro on Tuesday carrying a large bag alongside Khalid, although it is not known if he was also killed in the attack.
Khalid's brother, Ibrahim, was one of two suicide attackers who targeted Brussels airport the same day.
It has emerged his accomplice, who also blew himself up, was Najim Laachraoui, 24, identified as the bomb maker in the Paris terror attacks.
Belgium has been accused of ignoring warnings that Ibrahim was a "foreign terrorist fighter".
He was caught in June last year at the Turkish-Syrian border and deported to the Netherlands, but was allowed to walk free after the Belgian authorities failed to establish any terror links, Turkey said.
The latest developments come as the manhunt continues for another suspect dressed in a light-coloured jacket and a hat.
Dubbed the "man in white", he was pictured alongside Ibrahim El Bakraoui and Laachraoui, moments before they detonated their suitcase bombs.
Prosecutors have revealed his explosive device, which failed to detonate, was the largest of them all.
Belgian counter-terror officials have raised the prospect that other suspects linked to the attacks may also still be at large.
At least 31 people were killed and 270 injured in the suicide bomb attacks at Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek station on Tuesday morning.
Among the dead were a student and a mother of young twins. 
Downing Street said the number of Britons known to have been injured in the attack was now six, four of whom have been discharged from hospital.
Concerns remain for David Dixon, originally from Hartlepool but living in Brussels, who has not been heard from since the metro explosion.
The UK's Home Secretary, Theresa May, is meeting her EU counterparts in Brussels later for emergency talks about the bombings.
An EU statement said the meeting is "intended to show solidarity with Belgium and discuss the actual state of play in the fight against terrorism".

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