SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT

Belgium search for two Paris suspects

Prosecutors in Belgium are appealing for assistance from the public to find two men who they believe are linked to the Paris attacks.

Two new suspects in the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris
Belgium has made a public appeal to find two men believed to be linked to the Paris attacks. (AAP) Source: BELGIAN POLICE

1 min read

Published

Updated

Source: AAP


Skip to article content

Belgian federal prosecutors have made a public appeal for information as they search for two men who travelled with a key suspect to Hungary in September and who they believe may have links to the Paris attacks.

Federal prosecutors said in a statement on Friday that fugitive Salah Abdeslam, who was in Paris at the time of the attacks and whose brother blew himself up, travelled twice to Budapest in September using a rental car.

On September 9 he was subject to a control at the Austrian-Hungarian border in a Mercedes in the company of two other men, using fake Belgian identity cards with the names Samir Bouzid and Soufiane Kayal.

Federal prosecutors said the same false identity of Soufiane Kayal was used to rent a house in the Belgian town of Auvelais that was searched on November 26.

The other false identity card, for Samir Bouzid, was used four days after the attacks to transfer 750 euros ($A1,118.99) at a Western Union office in Brussels to Hasna Aitboulahcen, who died in a police assault in St Denis on November 18.


Get SBS News straight to your inbox

Sign up now for daily news from Australia and around the world. You can also subscribe to Insight's weekly newsletter for in-depth features and first-person stories.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Follow SBS News

Download our apps

Listen to our podcasts

Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service

Stream now

Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world