Paris attacks fugitive contacted lawyer

The November 13 attacks in Paris left 130 people dead and were largely prepared in Belgium where authorities have since made more than a dozen arrests.

Salah Abdeslam who is wanted in connection to the attacks in Paris

Key Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam has reportedly made contact with a defence lawyer. (AAP)

Key Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam has made contact with a Brussels-based defence lawyer Sven Mary, Belgium's Belga news agency is reporting, based on an unnamed source.

The November 13 attacks in Paris left 130 people dead and were largely prepared in Belgium where authorities have since made more than a dozen arrests in the case.

The lawyer, Sven Mary, declined comment, Belga also said on Thursday.

Local media reported him as saying back in December that he would take on defending Abdeslam should the Brussels-born French national ask that.

It was not clear when the contact took place, if at all.

Belgian federal prosecutors declined to comment, saying the report was "just a rumour" and that they have not been contacted by Mary or reached out to him on their own.


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