Spain advised to keep watch for Paris attack terrorist on the run

Salah Abdesalam, 26, a French national living in Belgium and thought to be either of Moroccan or Algerian parents, is believed to have been in Paris at the time of the massacre and escaped.

All eight attackers are now dead – seven of them blew themselves up and an eighth, second-generation Algerian Ismaël Omar Mostefaï, 29, was shot by the police.

One of the seven suicide bombers was Ibrahim Abdesalam, brother of the missing man.

Yesterday (Sunday), seven terrorists were arrested in Molenbeek, Belgium in connection with the six simultaneous killing sprees, one of whom is Mohammed Abdesalam, 31, another brother of the fugitive.

Salah Abdesalam was last seen near the Belgian border in a car along with two other individuals but, after their identities were checked and they were found not to be on the list of suspects, they were allowed through.

Later, prosecutors found that one of the passengers was in fact on a wanted list for suspected terror-related activities, and that the black VW Polo full of guns found near the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people were killed, had been rented by Salah.

French police have been in touch with their counterparts in Spain, since the fugitive may try to escape to north Africa by heading south or to give authorities the slip by hiding out in Spanish territory.

The 'wanted' poster advises members of the public to contact the police if they believe they have seen him and not to approach him or take matters into their own hands, since he is described as a 'dangerous individual'.

Spanish authorities stress there is no immediate cause to believe Salah Abdesalam is in fact in Spain, but that all border countries which offer a potential escape route have been contacted as standard procedure.

Photograph from French Police Nationale's Twitter page, @PNationale