Europe's 'Most Wanted' Terror Suspect Arrested

There are reports Mohamed Abrini may be the 'man in the hat' who was pictured with two bombers before the Brussels airport attack.

Mohamed Abrini has reportedly been detained by Belgian authorities

One of Europe's most wanted terror suspects Mohamed Abrini, who was being sought over the Paris attacks, has been arrested.

He was reportedly among several people detained by Belgian authorities in connection with last month's Brussels suicide bombings at an airport and metro station which killed 32 people.

There are claims in the Belgian media that Abrini could be the 'man in the hat' who was pictured alongside two bombers at Zaventem airport shortly before they blew themselves up.

Abrini, 30, was reportedly arrested in the Anderlecht district of Brussels

Abrini and Salah Abdeslam pictured at a petrol station

The area was home to several other suspects now linked to both the Paris and Brussels attacks.

His detention comes a day after authorities released new CCTV video footage of the 'man in the hat', appealing for the public to help find him.

Abrini's DNA was believed to have been found in a flat in the Schaarbeek area of the city where the airport bombers left from before they detonated their explosives.

Another suspect who was detained with Albrini is Osama Krayem, it is thought.

He was apparently filmed on CCTV at a shopping centre where the luggage was bought from that was used in the airport blasts.

Abrini was pictured at a petrol station two days before the Paris attacks

Abrini, a Belgian of Moroccan origin, was a key suspect wanted in connection with the Paris attacks on 13 November in which 130 people died.

Europol said he was filmed two days before the atrocities at a petrol station with another suspect Salah Abdeslam in Ressons, northern France, on the road to the French capital.

Europe's law enforcement agency said Abrini was driving a Renault Clio which was used in the Paris massacre.

He later disappeared and was described on Europol's wanted notice as armed and dangerous.

Abdeslam was detained last month by Belgian authorities a few days before the Brussels attacks.

It is thought he was supposed to have blown himself in Paris but did not do so, fleeing instead back to Brussels.

He was arrested in Brussels on 18 March following a four-month manhunt and is being held in a high-security prison in Bruges while awaiting his extradition to France.