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Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam almost committed suicide bombing: Prosecutor

Salah Abdeslam, the top suspect in last year's deadly Paris attacks, backed out of the suicide attack at the last minute, a prosecutor said Saturday.

The suspected Paris attacker captured in Belgium on Friday planned to commit a suicide bombing during last November's terror spree, but backed out at the last minute, a French prosecutor said Saturday.

This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com.