--- title: This Is the Main Suspect in the Paris Attacks description: Police have described him as a "dangerous individual" canonical: https://time.com/4114011/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-belgium/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-16T03:53:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:39:04.943Z article:section: World og:title: This Is the Main Suspect Still at Large in the Paris Attacks og:description: Salah Abdeslam is 26 and the brother of one of the seven suicide bombers. og:url: https://time.com/4114011/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-belgium/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2d19c7681ae4fe7/6988712fcd1bba73406fe1fd/h_52383459.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: French officials release picture of suspect after Paris attacks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is the Main Suspect Still at Large in the Paris Attacks twitter:description: Salah Abdeslam is 26 and the brother of one of the seven suicide bombers. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2d19c7681ae4fe7/6988712fcd1bba73406fe1fd/h_52383459.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is the Main Suspect Still at Large in the Paris Attacks ## Video: Know Right Now: French Officials Search for Second Fugitive [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: French Officials Search for Second Fugitive](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/93oYwVPg.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-11-17. A manhunt is underway for at least one suspect involved in the Paris attacks_ by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Nov 16, 2015 3:53 AM CUT  A photo released by the French Ministry of the Interior on Nov. 15 shows Salah Abdeslam, a suspect wanted in connection with the recent terror attacks on Paris. A photo released by the French Ministry of the Interior on Nov. 15 shows Salah Abdeslam, a suspect wanted in connection with the recent terror attacks on Paris.French Ministry of the Interior/EPA by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Nov 16, 2015 3:53 AM CUT Authorities in France named a primary suspect still at large in Friday’s Paris terror attacks that claimed 129 lives, as police conducted a massive manhunt for him and other accomplices. A notice posted on the French national police’s Twitter account describes Salah Abdeslam, 26, as a “dangerous individual” and advises anyone who comes across him not to “intervene.” > [](https://twitter.com/PNationale/status/665939383418273793) Abdeslam was stopped at the France-Belgium border on Saturday, a few hours after the attacks, but was subsequently released, [according](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34826117 "undefined") to the BBC. His brother Ibrahim was identified as one of the seven suicide bombers in Paris, and another brother has reportedly been arrested in Brussels. Police said the three brothers, all Belgian-born, were traced using two vehicles linked to the attacks — a Volkswagen Polo rented by Salah believed to have been used by the attackers, and a Seat found abandoned in a suburb of Paris containing kalashnikov automatic weapons. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4114011/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-belgium/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4114011/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-belgium/"},"headline":"This Is the Main Suspect Still at Large in the Paris Attacks","datePublished":"2015-11-16T03:53:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:39:04.943Z","description":"Salah Abdeslam is 26 and the brother of one of the seven suicide bombers","url":"https://time.com/4114011/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-belgium/","keywords":["France","Belgium","car","brothers","paris attacks","knowrightnow"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2d19c7681ae4fe7/6988712fcd1bba73406fe1fd/h_52383459.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2d19c7681ae4fe7/6988712fcd1bba73406fe1fd/h_52383459.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"French officials release picture of suspect after Paris attacks","caption":"A photo released by the French Ministry of the Interior on Nov. 15 shows Salah Abdeslam, a suspect wanted in connection with the recent terror attacks on Paris.","creditText":"French Ministry of the Interior/EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4114011/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-belgium/","name":"This Is the Main Suspect Still at Large in the Paris Attacks"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: French Officials Search for Second Fugitive","description":"A manhunt is underway for at least one suspect involved in the Paris attacks","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/93oYwVPg/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-17T18:51:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/93oYwVPg.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4114011/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-belgium/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4114011/paris-attacks-suspect-salah-abdeslam-belgium/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```