Belgium charges 11th Paris attacks suspect
A Belgian judge on Friday charged an 11th person in connection with November's Paris attacks. The 29-year-old, known as Zakaria J, has been charged with "has been charged with terrorist murders and participation in the activities of a terrorist group", the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
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Zakaria J, a Belgian national, was arrested on Wednesday in the largely immigrant Brussels area of Molenbeek.
He is being kept in police custody and under Belgian law must appear within five days before a court that will decide whether he remains in detention awaiting trial.
Belgian prosecutors have charged 10 other people in relation to the Paris attacks, in which 130 people were killed and hundreds more wounded.
The latest suspect was arrested on Wednesday.
On Thursday police carried out another raid in Molenbeek and detained Mustafa E, a Moroccan national, who was released on Thursday.
Another suspect, Ayoub B, who was arrested in December has been released without charge.
No weapons or explosives were found in the raids.
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