Brussels was still on lockdown Monday for a third straight day after sweeping overnight raids failed to capture fugitive Salah Abdeslam, wanted in connection with the Paris terrorist attacks, NBC News reported.
Belgian officials said five more raids were conducted Monday, hours after residents of Brussels were ordered to shelter in place as police searched nearly 20 properties around the European capital overnight. Federal prosecutor Eric van der Sypt said 21 people in total have been taken into custody since Sunday.
Abdeslam is considered “dangerous” and is considered an accomplice to the Paris attacks that left 130 dead. Around 1,000 police officers were involved in the manhut, Belgium's Interior Minister Jan Jambon told local radio. When asked how it was possible that the suspect could still be at large, Jamson said "he must have a lot of support on our soil."
