[EBH]

Suspect on the loose has ‘been in contact with friends’

Salah Abdeslam has reportedly been in touch with friends on Skype, telling them he is hiding in the Brussels area and asking them for help in getting back to Syria.

The friends, who have spoken anonymously to ABC News, said that Abdeslam had called them on Tuesday evening and told them he was caught between the extensive police search and local Islamic State members who were “watching him”, apparently unhappy that he had failed to detonate his suicide vest after the attacks in Paris.

According to ABC’s report:

Abdeslam insisted he played only a minor role in the attacks, but his friends said they doubted his claim of innocence. His brother told ABC News that Abdeslam was “manipulated” by the attack mastermind, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, killed in a police raid Thursday in France. Abaaoud and Abdeslam were childhood friends and were arrested when caught in a robbery in 2010, according to an Abaaoud family attorney.

The claims appear to chime with a statement made earlier today by a lawyer for Hamza Attou, one of two suspects charged this week by Belgian authorities for allegedly helping Abdeslam return to the country after the attacks.

[SE Mom]

Ohhhhh...THAT’S rich. He’s caught between a rock..

Police after him and PO’d ISIS that he didn’t blow himself up.

Decisions. ..decisions. .

[caww]

These Jihadists are very well funded with appropriate Attorneys....part of Jihad is to “provide” legal representation. The familys will say whatever is necessary to protect other family members.....and or protect themselves from being implicated.

[FourPeas]

local Islamic State members who were 'watching him', apparently unhappy that he had failed to detonate his suicide vest after the attacks in Paris.

You know you've pick the wrong side with which to ally when they're unhappy that you didn't blow yourself up. And yet, he still seeks their help. You can't fix stupid.