Algerian authorities have jailed a man with dual Algerian and Belgian citizenship over his links with the ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a court statement quoted by Reuters said on Saturday.

The court in the Algerian city of Bejaia said 29-year-old Zahir Mehdaoui, a resident of Brussels, had been charged with belonging to a terrorist group active overseas.


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