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Salah Abdeslam, a key figure in the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015, has been sent back to prison in France from Belgium, the Belgian prosecutor announced on Wednesday. The convicted terrorist was taken from Haren prison in Brussels to the Belgian border and handed over to the French authorities, a statement from the prosecutor said. The prosecutor did not state in which prison Abdeslam is to be held in France. A Paris court handed the convicted terrorist a life sentence in June 2022 for his involvement in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people. He was then extradited to Belgium for the tria…