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Paris Terror Fugitive Was Ready to Launch More Attacks

CHILLING

Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam was caught with a stash of heavy weapons to carry out more violence in Belgium and abroad.

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MOLENBEEK, Belgium — The Paris attack fugitive Salah Abdeslam had stockpiled heavy weapons to carry out more violence, according to Belgium’s foreign minister—news that chilled the already tense city even as officials here celebrated capturing the terror suspect alive after a four-month manhunt.

“He was ready to start something from Brussels,”...

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