On 15 March 2016 , police conducted an anti-terrorist raid a flat in Forest where Abdeslam was believed to have been staying at one point . Though they expected the flat to be empty , they were fired upon by Mohamed Belkaid , an accomplice of Abdeslam 's . Before being shot and killed by a police sniper , Belkaid provided suppressive fire while Abdeslam and another accomplice escaped the flat through the rooftops . A trace of DNA belonging to Abdeslam was later found in the apartment , as well as detonators an automatic rifle , eleven rifle magazines , and a book of Salafism , a so-called fundamentalist movement of Islam . The Forest flat had been rented by Khalid El Bakraoui , one of the suicide bombers involved in the 2016 Brussels bombings , under a false name
2016 Brussels bombings
2016 Brussels bombings
Salah Abdeslam