Europe's most-wanted man captured

It took authorities four months to capture Salah Abdeslam, the most wanted man in Europe. Of the 10 men accused of carrying out the deadly Paris terror attacks, he was the only one at large. Investigators think Abdeslam may have been the driver
of the black Renault Clio that dropped off three suicide bombers near the Stade de France, one of the attack sites.

They also think he wore a discarded suicide belt found on a Paris streetafter the attacks, a belief based on sweat on the belt that matched Abdelslam's DNA, a source close to the investigation told CNN.

The inability to apprehend the Belgian-born French citizen was particularly irksome because police stopped him after the November 13 attacks but did not detain him.

He is believed to have called friends to take him to Belgium after the attacks. They passed through police checkpoints, but Abdeslam had not yet been identified as a suspect and they were allowed to continue on their way.

He proved elusive until Friday, when authorities captured him after a shootout in Molenbeek, an impoverished suburb of Brussels, Belgium.

Armed and heavily protected police converged on the area and arrested Abdeslam at a residence.

Three explosions were heard there later Friday, though it wasn't clear if those were controlled blasts or part of a continuing operation.

Abdeslam, a Belgium-born French citizen, was taken alive but wounded, authorities said. He was brought to a hospital after being shot in the leg.

Four other people were arrested, including three people in the same family who hid Abdeslam, Belgian Federal Prosecutor Eric Van Eric Van Der Sijpt, said in a press conference.

Authorities believe Abdeslam had been using the apartment as a hideout after the Paris attacks.

CNN