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FRANCE: Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam and an accomplice were found guilty of attempted murder yesterday for shooting at police in a Brussels suburb.

The court sentenced Mr Abdelslam and Sofiane Ayari to the maximum 20 years in prison. The pair refused to attend the reading of the verdict and the sentencing.

Mr Abdelslam is in a French prison awaiting trial for the November 2015 Paris attacks, which killed 130 people.

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