Lawyer for Paris attacks suspect plans action against prosecutor

Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam’s Belgian lawyer says he plans to take legal action against a French prosecutor for breaching the confidentiality of the investigation into the deadly November 13 rampage in Paris.

Sven Mary tells Belgian public broadcaster RTBF that part of the press conference given by Paris prosecutor Francois Molins on Friday “is a violation. It’s a fault, and I cannot let it go unchallenged.”

Molins says Abdeslam told Belgian officials he had “wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France” as a suicide bomber on November 13 but that he backed out at the last minute.

France is seeking Abdeslam’s extradition for trial there, but Mary says he will fight any attempt to hand over his client.

— AP