Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam helped at least 10 ISIL fighters cross into Belgium, indicating he had a bigger role in the terror plot than previously thought, local media reported Friday.
Six of those smuggled into Belgium were involved in the Paris terror attacks in November 2015, while another four were implicated in the Brussels attacks, VTM News television program Faroek will reveal on Sunday, according to La Libre.
Abdeslam reportedly drove to countries including Hungary, Germany and Greece to pick up the fighters, who came to Europe from Syria with the influx of refugees via the Balkan route.
The sole surviving suspect of the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris, Abdeslam was arrested in Brussels on March 18. He has refused to speak to authorities since he was transferred from Belgium to France on April 27 in protest of the round-the-clock video surveillance in his cell.