Image source, Belgian police

A few weeks after the 13 November Paris attacks, Belgian police issued pictures of two men described as "armed and dangerous" and named as Soufiane Kayal (L) and Samir Bouzid. 

The men were thought to have been picked up by Abdeslam when he travelled to Hungary last September. If Belgian reports are correct, Bouzid was a false identity used by Mohamed Belkaid, the Algerian gunman shot dead on Tuesday.

Footage has emerged that appears to show the moment Abdeslam was arrested by police. 

The images, broadcast first by French news channel BFM TV, show a man in what appears to be a light-coloured hoodie being dragged by police across the pavement towards a vehicle.

Belgian media report that a second man, Soufiane Kayal, was arrested with Abdeslam and a third man may still be in the Brussels flat raided early on Friday evening.

Kayal is said to be linked to Mohamed Belkaid, the Algerian shot dead in the police raid in Brussels on Tuesday.

We know two people have been on the run since the earlier Franco-Belgian police operation.

More reports are appearing on Twitter and on Belgian television of two large explosions within the last half an hour or so in the vicinity of the apartment raided by police, on the Rue des Quatre Vents.

A joint press conference by French president Francois Hollande and Belgian prime minister Charles Michel has been delayed until 20:30 local time (19:30 GMT).

Here are Francois Hollande's remarks from earlier, shortly after news of the raids broke.

Ahmed El Khannouss, the deputy mayor of Molenbeek, says he's received confirmation from the Belgian federal prosecutor's office that Abdeslam was shot in the leg and detained.

Mr El Khannouss told the Associated Press that police are still searching for one person who is holed up in a house in the suburb.

He told i-Tele television earlier that there are two schools a few dozen metres from the ongoing police operation, and authorities have taken measures to secure the schools and local residents.  

The BBC's Alex Forsyth profiles Molenbeek, the Brussels neighbourhood where today's raid took place.

Salah Abdeslam and his brother Brahim had several business interests in the town, including a bar and a grocery shop. The bar was closed by police over suspected drug dealing in the weeks before the attacks in Paris.

Le Monde journalist Nicolas Chapuis reports that the sound of grenade explosions continues in Molenbeek. 

Belgian PM Charles Michel was seen hurrying from a major EU summit taking place in Brussels as news broke about the raid in Molenbeek. 

An ambulance has been seen leaving the area around the raid in Molenbeek. Reports suggested that Abdeslam received medical attention at the scene following a shoot out with the police.

Image source, EPA

The attacks in Paris on the night of Friday 13 November by gunmen and suicide bombers hit a concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and bars, almost simultaneously - and left 130 people dead and hundreds wounded.  

Salah Abdeslam, 26, is a French national who was born in Brussels and later moved to Molenbeek. 

He fled Paris for Belgium hours after the carnage in Paris, which killed 130 people, and has been on the run since.

Salah Abdeslam is the suspected logistical chief behind the Paris attacks, but it is thought he may have decided against detonating his suicide vest at the last minute.

Along with his brother Brahim, who was killed in the attacks, Salah Abdeslam was well known in the suburb of Molenbeek, one of the poorest parts of Brussels and home to a large Muslim community. 

He and his brother ran a bar that was shuttered by police over suspected drug dealing two weeks before the 13 November attacks.

More: Salah and Brahim Abdeslam - Belgian brothers linked to terror in France

Belgian PM Charles Michel tweeted a photo of himself with French president Francois Hollande, "following police operations".

Theo Francken, Belgium's Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, confirms that Abdeslam has been captured alive. 

"We got him", he said on Twitter.

Salah Abdeslam was one of two Paris attacks suspects to escape alive. The whereabouts of Mohamed Abrini remains unknown.  

Belgian PM Charles Michel and French President Francois Hollande will make a joint statement shortly, Belgian media report.

Rukmini Callimachi, who covers IS for the the New York Times, on the significance of Abdeslam's reported capture.