The only surviving suspect in the ISIS attacks on Paris in which 130 people died has been rushed to hospital ‘in extreme pain’ with suspected a appendicitis.
Salah Abdeslam, 28, was removed from solitary confinement at Fleury-Merogis – the largest prison in Europe – and taken to the Sud Francilien hospital at Corbeil-Essonnes, some ten miles away in southern Paris.
‘Early indications are that he is suffering from appendicitis and is in extreme pain,’ said a security source in the French capital.
Salah Abdeslam (right, in court) the only terrorist survivor of the murderous ISIS attacks on Paris in which 130 people died has been rushed to hospital suffering from appendicitis
Abdeslam, a French national from a Moroccan background, is suspected to have been part of a group of jihadists who caused carnage at the Stade de France, cafes and restaurants, and the Bataclan music venue (pictured)
‘The prisoner was being kept in isolation in the prison wing of the hospital, but it was decided that specialist treatment was needed, suggesting that surgery may be necessary.’
Abdeslam was rushed to hospital on Tuesday, and remained there under armed guard before being returned to Fleury-Mergolis some time on Wednesday, said the source.
The surgical removal of the appendix – the pouch that projects from the colon on the lower side of the abdomen – is a very common procedure made necessary by appendicitis.
Abdeslam has already received a 20-year prison sentence in Belgium for taking part in a shoot-out with police in Brussels in 2016.
It came three days before his arrest while on the run following the Friday November 13 2015 onslaught on Paris.
Salah Abdeslam (pictured in a French police ‘wanted’ notice in 2015) was removed from solitary confinement at Fleury-Merogis – the largest prison in Europe – and taken to the Sud Francilien hospital at Corbeil-Essonnes, some ten miles away
Abdeslam has already received a 20-year prison sentence in Belgium for taking part in a shoot-out with police in Brussels in 2016. It came three days before his arrest (pictured) while on the run following the Friday November 13 2015 onslaught on Paris
Abdeslam, a French national from a Moroccan background, is suspected to have been part of a group of suicide bombers who caused carnage at the Stade de France, cafes and restaurants, and the Bataclan music venue.
All blew themselves up or were shot dead by police, but Abdeslam abandoned his mission at France’s national stadium during a football international between France and Germany and went on the run.
The attackers killed a total of 130 people, including 89 at the Bataclan, while more than 410 others were wounded.
It was the deadliest terrorist attack on French soil since the Second World War, and one that led to a state of emergency being declared across the country.
Abdeslam is now awaiting trial in Paris, and faces multiple life sentences for his part in the attacks.
Other ISIS operatives involved included Abdeslam’s brother, Brahim Abdeslam, who died while letting off a bomb in a café.
The brothers had run a bar together in the Belgium capital, and had been in regular touch with Isis commanders in Syria.